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creativity

Interview with Guerilla Artist Keri Smith

by Amanda on May 28, 2009

I interviewed guerilla artist Keri Smith for my column on the POV blog. Smith is the author of several bestselling books about creativity, including How to be an Explorer of the World — The Portable Life/Art Museum and Wreck This Journal. We talked (over email) about whether she blogs for the same reasons she creates art, finding …

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A Few Light Thoughts on a Friday Afternoon

by Amanda on April 17, 2009

I’m in Chicago with JINX for the Chicago Improv Festival (we perform tonight at 10pm), and just had lunch with a friend, Marsha, who’s part of the New Leaf Theatre here. She’s curating a show of theirs that opens tonight, and mentioned that the question that’s …

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Percolation

by Amanda on March 10, 2009


“I think art is wonderful because it’s everything you’ve ever known and everything you’ve ever done, somehow percolating up, working with ideas that you might want to explore. And then you can just wake up one morning and know …

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Creativity + Yoga

by Amanda on February 16, 2009


Kimberly Wilson of Tranquil Space Yoga (pictured above with her beloved Louis the Pug) is offering 3-part series on the fusion of yoga and creativity from March 5 – March 19. This caught my attention, …

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Thought for the day

by Amanda on February 2, 2009


“Creativity takes courage.”
-Henri Matisse

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