Creativity Rocks

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice

Tuesday sweetness comin’ atcha. These pix are as incredible as their awesome tale. May I direct your attention to Margaret Oomen’s delightful latest installment of The Stone Diaries: Part IV at Resurrection Fern. Enjoy!

Learn and Do

by Barbara Martin

in How to Tips

Take a look at this Sonia Simone post: “Obey Me or Fail” for tips on tailoring your step by step learning/action curve, aka creative trajectory.

Here’s a catchy little TGIF distraction to keep your neurons busy until quittin’ time: a NYT review of the Endless Forms exhibition about Charles Darwin, his sense of beauty, and the influence of his natural science work on the visual arts, complete with slide show in color. For whatever reason, it never ever in all […]

Pictures and Words

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice

Here is your TGIF procrastination destination; you know, you need to get some inspirational inflow to feed the beast of creativity. Fodder for story and song, springboard for odd thoughts, and cause for the occasional guffaw (or tear.) And, you too may participate/contribute if you wish. Or maybe just photoshop your own for a screensaver […]

UMAMI sensation

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice

What do green tea, parmesan cheese, tuna, and sweet potatoes have in common? It’s news to me, but apparently they share umami. That’s UMAMI, the “other” taste besides the supposed four primary tastes of sweet, salty, bitter, and sour. Um okayyy. You too can learn more information than you ever wanted to know about umami. […]

Bibliophibians

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice, Random

Speaking of not reading for a week, check out this glib little three panel at Wondermark by David Malki !. OOoh lala. If you enjoyed this post, why not leave a comment below or share it with a friend — use the handy share button.

Fish Cake Combo

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice

Where do you find your inspiration? Just in case your creativity needs a little sensory jolt, here’s a bit of mid-day Monday Sweetness to start the week off right: Sushi Cake. Enjoy!

Julia Cameron is a firm proponent of Synchronicity and she discusses it at length in the third chapter of her creativity book, The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, in the context of a creative person recovering a sense of power. According to Cameron, synchronicity is a source of power whether you believe […]

Oatmeal Eyes

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice

What if your oatmeal had eyeballs? Grinning bowls of oatmeal. Diabolical plot to send me back to bed and pull the covers up over my head and not come back out. Ever.

This Takes the Cake

by Barbara Martin

in Creative Juice, Random

It’s always a good idea to cross pollinate creative ideas and stir up your creativity by venturing forth into different media from your norm. Case in point, how about whipping up a little frosting and cake decor mania? If nothing else, it never hurts to stimulate the sweet tooth and indulge in some sugar shock. […]