The Facts About Creativity
There’s a lot that’s ambiguous about creative work but there are two definites. 1) Creativity takes courage 2) Mistakes are mandatory In my mind creativity is about coming up with a new idea or...
View ArticleAbsolutes, Definitions and Limitations
It’s so easy to speak in absolutes – people are optimists or downers, they are hard workers or smart or lazy or outgoing. It’s natural for us to want to define one another, and ourselves, but it’s also...
View ArticleCreative Events May 11 Weekend: Toronto Comic Arts Festival, No Costumes!
When I think of events that celebrate comic books and the art that they represent I automatically think of adults dressed as Spiderman, Captain America or some obscure Anime character so when I...
View ArticleCreativity in Action – Liu Bolin, The Invisible Artist
Liu Bolin is a mixed media artist from Shandong Province in China. He uses paint to make himself invisible as an exploration of civilization and its development. He travels around the world and paints...
View ArticleMy Creative Experiment – Silence, Day Four.
“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.” ~...
View ArticleMy Creative Experiment – Silence, Day Five.
After a number of great responses to yesterday’s post I’ve decided to write a blog each day for the rest of the week, to continue sharing the experience of my self-imposed silence in our city and the...
View Article29 Ways to Stay Creative
Here’s a great video with 29 easy suggestions presented with compelling typography by TO-FU… Why not try some of them out today?
View ArticleCreativity Camp at Soho House!
This past weekend we hosted our first Creativity Camp for Families at Soho House Toronto. It was such a great event. We had kids of all ages, parents, grandparents, twins and sibling groups dancing,...
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