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On Why I Create

Creative Musings from a Beautifully Imperfect Masterpiece If you'll indulge me for a moment, I want to share transparently about my background and experience as a creative. I’ve dabbled in all things creative and been creative for as long as I can remember… my first memory of making something with my hands was at the age of 8. My mother had been sewing for as long as I could remember, but it was my grandmother who had the patience to teach me how to sew by hand. I made some clothes for my dolls and I was hooked. I will…

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The Day Creativity, Science and Food Science Converged

My daughter had a science project due today. Her assignment was to create a model of an animal or plant cell. When she told me that she wanted to make a cake like the ones she has seen on Cake Boss, my first reaction was "No way! That's just too much..." And then I stopped myself in mid-sentence. I was going to say, "That's too much work," and then I reminded myself that my core value is to nurture creativity and how in the world could I live with myself if I didn't do that with my own daughter!? So…

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World Creativity and Innovation Week

Yesterday marked the first day of World Creativity and Innovation Week beginning on April 15 (which also "happens" to be Leonardo da Vinci's birthday) and ending April 21. It originated in 2001 with four Canadians in a conversation instigated by creativity expert Marci Segal, with Canadian creativity practitioners/facilitators John Sedgwick and Paul Rousseau of Ontario and Jacynthe Bedard of Quebec, and has expanded over the years to span the globe with over 50 countries reporting their observances.World Creativity and Innovation Week (#WCIW) is "a celebration that acknowledges, informs, inspires and encourages people to use their creativity – to generate new…

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