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SO as the world opens up, the question came up in the chat about hints for travel and packing. I did a stream about it, took some notes, and opened up a google doc for folks to ask questions. Here is the doc in its entirety, including the links for all the things I talked about. Hope this helps and hope you have safe travels.
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A few days ago, I saw a recommendation from Maria Popova’s Brainpickings Blog for Lynda Barry’s book Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor (affiliate link). I remembered that I own this book, and that I got it when it came out 7 years ago. It’s a GREAT book if you are a teacher and want to look at ways to engage your students in a way that’s unique and encourages their creativity because let’s face it.
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After an epic two-year journey that included sailing through the Panama Canal, around the Caribbean, and crossing the Atlantic during hurricane season with her husband and 10-year-old son, Jen Massaro had a story to share. But she struggled to tell it in a way that was meaningful for her friends and colleagues. Through the process of refining her story, Jen gained a deeper understanding of what matters most in storytelling.
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Elevators in an atrium of a hotel
Elevator Pitches are 30-60 seconds to describe your thing to someone. That’s about how long a ride in an elevator is with a captive audience, so why not shoot your shot?
Read moreTake a moment to ponder the quote from Elizabeth Gilbert. While our main priority today was talking about time, I really wanted us to think about accessing creative living that already is a possibility within us.
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Sample of zines that we made on stream!
Continuing with the creativity theme, I decided to be a little creative and make some zines. Zines are easy to make, don’t require exotic tools (maybe my bone folder was a little exotic), and are easy ways to make gifts for folks (esp since Mother’s Day is tomorrow!).
Here is the main link for how to make Zines.
Here are the prompts we used. Feel free to use any prompts you feel will bring out your creativity!
Title: Your artist ID
What core values guide your creativity?
Who do you admire?
What drives you to create?
What does a successful career look like?
I wish…
My mantra or self-portrait
I added the new markers/acquisitions to the tools page! Check them out!
When we think of creativity, we think often of things that we ‘make’ - visible, tangle things like artwork or websites. I wanted to include poetry in the creativity space because I think friends don’t realize how poetry can engage our minds in ways that we don’t think about when we think of being creative.
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