Art Activity: Disconnecting to Reconnect
Does Staying Connected Keep us Disconnected? This month I seem to be writing in a theme of sorts. It’s about our use and abuse of social media, how we utilize our tablets and smartphones to cure social anxiety or awkwardness, some consequences of which can actually be...Art Activity: Color Mixing
Did you know our first record of using the word orange to describe a color originates in Europe, during the Middle Ages? Before that, the color was described as yellow. Did you know the color purple was reserved for Roman Emperors because it took 12,000 mollusks to...
Art Activity on Artist Strong: Creative Block
I have a great book I want to showcase to you today. It’s the perfect tool for people looking to loosen up and have some creative play. The book interviews artists and asks them to share one art based activity for readers to try. Today, I just randomly opened the book...
How to Make Your Own Mandala
In last week’s post I discovered some of the first suggested creative therapy offered by psychologists was from and by Carl Jung. He encouraged his patients to create their own mandalas as a form of stress release. So today, I’m going to show you...
How to Evaluate Your Creative Thinking
A LONG LONG time ago on Artist Strong I shared a rubric for creative thinking, created by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Today I want to walk through the 6 categories of assessment because it can be a great way to frame and reflect on your...
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