Let Creativity Shine

Begin a day of creative capture.

             Look up to discover shapes and shadows. 

                                Let the FUN begin.

Find a fragrance that's hiding. 

What's a metaphor for a bee on a bud?

Silliness energizes the brain.  
Adapt warning signs to engage laughter.

If you see a hole in 
your life, dig for treasure.

Observations in upward slants and sideways glances provide nuances.         

                            Launch them into a variety of perspectives. 

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."  - Abraham Lincoln 

Turn difficult thoughts around for a renewed vision.  

Let the creative ideas flash and fire to diminish frustrations.

               

When sunset arrives, design a creation for what you observed.

Curiosity Calls

The important thing is not to stop questioning. 

Curiosity has its own reason for existing.  - Albert Einstein

At the Seattle airport, I followed a school of metal fish embedded in the floor that led to my gate. One fish appeared with a suitcase. How many travelers have noticed this fellow? I had to take a photograph.

Endowed with curiosity, everything in life becomes possible. Linked with optimism and creativity, curiosity pushes limits.

Ways to heighten your natural gift of curiosity:

1. Stay open to possibilities. Nurture the ability to change your mind, unlearn and relearn.

2. Ask questions like a reporter: Who, What, Why, When, Where, How? Don't feel content with easy answers. Ask more questions.

3. Curious individuals never feel bored. Take advantage of 'empty time' like standing in line. Observe what's going on around you. Notice people's choices and listen.  Wonder about their lives and occupations. Make up stories.

4. Describe in detail your first memory of curiosity. Recall it with all your senses.

5. Read diverse publications and books. Explore what you don't know with a free mind.

Become a perpetual discoverer and learner. Make learning fun and seek beyond the obvious. 

Find that fish with the suitcase.

The Night's Palette

Poet Gary Snyder writes in, The Practice of the Wild," Life is not just a diurnal property of large interesting vertebrates. It is also nocturnal, anaerobic, microscopic, digestive, fermentative: cooking away in the warm dark.”

Examine writing ideas and notions that you have cooking away in the warm dark.

Celebrate the powers of the pen. Pay reverence to what's underneath, elusive, and uncanny.

Explore shadows, dreams, moonlight, and the depths. Catch reflections the instant before light moves into night.

Find patterns in eucalyptus leaves.

Peel an orange and let the scent invite ideas.

Where do colors hide in the darkness?

As eyes adjust to night, how will other senses take over?




Let sounds intrigue. Listen for a shish, wall creak, whirs, and rumblings.

Scents accost in cinnamon rolls aroma find the night.Find cool and texture as fingers tap the keyboard.

Invite curiosity out to play.  

Use the night's palette to arouse instincts.