Caption this 7 June 2020: Provide a creative, relevant caption for the picture below. We will select 15+ of the best captions and publish as Wisepicks
Hello, crafter! Welcome to my color and mood post, inspired by the abundance of emerging crochet mood blankets. Enjoy this article full of color theory and the profound influence it has on our mood…
Feeling-o-meter: A visual feeling thermometer for children to properly identify and describe their feelings of anger, frustration and disappointment.
Funny, weird and WTF images that will make your day better.
Confidence is not "They will like me". Confidence is "I'll be fine if they don't".
A friend in Japan sent me this image today and I found it quite compelling. It illustrates the art of kintsukuroi, which literally means "to repair with gold." It is the art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer to make the final piece a greater work of art for having been broken.
In 2010 I made a five-month trip from Sydney to Beijing. During my travels, I met so many great artists and designers that I knew that as soon as I returned home to Germany illustration would be my new path.
Fans of fictional franchises sometimes like to put their literature skills to work and make stories about their favorite media called "fanfiction." But how do you write a good fanfiction? Here's how.
Creative Writing Worksheet – Expressing Emotions (PDF) Emotions dictate our actions more than we would like to admit, and for the writer, they’re an integral part of creating character motivation. Of course, they’re also very important for hooking the reader, and while you can certainly play it by ear, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised…
SMART Living 365 is dedicated to exploring ideas and information that lead to a happier, more peaceful, and content life--365!
Know how to write a book. This is a comprehensive guide for all beginners to become writers and authors, either through traditional or self-publishing.
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
This week my youngest son started pre-school. And while his mornings will be spent within woodland walls and upon forest floors at a nature preschool, both he and and I were experiencing a deep anxiety around this fundamental shift in our daily rhythm together. I awoke early on his first day of scho
Remember Lingvistov - the creative doodle shop (founded by Asia and Landysh) that creates awesome illustrations, including "12 Reasons Why I Love Her" , "12 Reasons Why I Love Him" , "21 Benefits Of Having A Cat"? Well, this time they're back with even more puntastic cartoons.
Audre Lorde, Keith Haring, Bruce Lee, chance, love, black holes, constraint as a catalyst of creativity, and a whisper of Whitman.
Linguist Christopher J. Moore has made a career of searching out some of the world's most "untranslatable" expressions — words from around the globe that defy an easy translation into English. Moore shares a few of his linguistic favorites from his new book In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World.
You know how when you’re an artist or creative type, you’re just so bursting with ideas that you can’t possibly even write them all down, let alone execute them all? Yeah, I don’t either.
There is one particular state of consciousness that can change your life forever. This holy moment can only be described as 'ecstatic' in that your connection to life expands significantly. In this profound state of being, you feel that life is full of beauty and sacredness – yet this feeling is not subjective, but is instead an objective phenomenon that is outside your personal self. Theologian Rudolf Otto called this experience 'numinosum.' But in this article, we'll refer to it as the mystical experience. All throughout history, the mystical experience has been referred to as a 'religious' or spiritual experience, where the
1st published in 1885. This is the first edition with illustrations by Bessie Collins Pease
Remember Lingvistov - the creative doodle shop (founded by Asia and Landysh) that creates awesome illustrations, including "12 Reasons Why I Love Her" , "12 Reasons Why I Love Him" , "21 Benefits Of Having A Cat"? Well, this time they're back with even more puntastic cartoons.
The latest comic from Grant Snider at Incidental Comics reminds us to look for the common things that have a hint of the extraordinary. Beauty is found where you look for it, when you look without preconceived notions of what you will find.Snider's new book is called The Shape of Things, available as a 2018 calendar, too!...
This free download will help you discover your purpose and passion in life with 20 creative exercises you can do at your leisure.
These 25 Brené Brown quotes on vulnerability are illuminating, inspiring, and all around life-changing. Be prepared to be inspired by Brené!
