Netflix is a thing of beauty. Mostly because it allows us to binge watch our favorite shows. One of our very favorite shows, which is a surprise to me, is the British version of Top Gear. The surprise is that I’m not a car person, but this show is all about cars and I love it. Not necessarily so much for the cars but for the snarkiness of the three hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond,…
Anita Mills, one of my college professors, posted this marvelous New York Times article about blind contour drawing [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-blind-contour-drawing.html?_r=0] on Facebook. I remember blind contour drawing well. The exercise has students, using charcoal and large pieces of newsprint paper, draw a subject without looking at the paper. The results are always laughable, but the exercise makes students see their subjects differently and frees them from trying to draw the “perfect” picture. This is what Sam…
I finished reading “Imagine: How Creativity Works” by Jonah Lehrer last night. This is one of the books on my Year of Creative Reading list and I really, really wanted to wholeheartedly love it, but I can’t. I was well on my way to loving it, having written a blog post quoting a portion of the book. If I’m compelled to quote a book, it’s made a serious impression on me. While wrapping up the…