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I wondered whether giving more than 10 minutes of every class period to reading books of our own choosing was a good idea or not. But you loved it so. You asked for more time. Ask again; I will give you whatever you need. I will also give you the best advice I can, advice…
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youmightfindyourself: In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire…
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All creativity is an extended form of a joke. Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.” Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that…
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rereading, an operation contrary to the commercial and ideological habits of our society, which would have us ‘throw away’ the story once it has been consumed…so that we can then move on to another story, buy another book…, re-reading is here suggested at the outset, for it alone saves the text from repetition (those who…
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The only way to be creative over time — to not be undone by our expertise — is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things we don’t fully understand. Jonah Lehrer in Imagine: How Creativity Works. (via explore-blog) Tibor Kalman also preached this sermon when he stated his studio would only ever do a kind of…
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curiositycounts: I love everything about the design of this poster for the film, Ray & Charles Eames: The Architect and the Painter. But I love that PBS has the entire film available to watch here even more.
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dcwomenkickingass: So Lois Lane (remember her – used to be married to Superman on one Earth; dead on another?) got a shout out on 30 Rock last night. And because it is 30 Rock it made me laugh. But it also made me think of all the times I’ve heard that Lois Lane is just…
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albotas: A Little Bit on the Sketchy Side: Brian Joseph Davis has had the ingenious idea of having police composite sketching software draft up literary characters. Check out a sketch of Hiro Protagonist from Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash. I like being able to see if a character’s composite sketch looks anything like I imagined. It’s also cool…
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curiositycounts: From Ben Franklin to Bauhaus and beyond, a detailed infographic telling the story of the world’s most important typefaces. (via)