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. [...]
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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!
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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 [...]
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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.
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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. [...]
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Although I live on the west coast I seem to be having a New York centric day — second post today based on a New York publication. Yikes. The New York Times ran a great piece on Roberto Burle Marx. He is famous in landscape architecture circles and his work is among my personal favorites, [...]
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Have you made a wordle yet? It’s quick, simple, easy and fun. I made one to see how it would turn out. You can see it in the gallery here — It’s play time!
Hours of virtual fun and entertainment. Go to wordle and create your own! Enjoy.
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What does your taste in art say about you? Now you can take the test and find out. I did, and the results surprised me. Luckily, there is no “right” or “wrong” answer. Best of all, the choices are pure eye candy. So what are you waiting for? Take the silly test! Enjoy. ps [...]
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Perigee moon alert: biggest full moon of 2009 this Saturday when its elliptical orbit brings it in super close. (Get deets from NASA here.) Sheer magic! Enjoy.
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