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TED Talk Your elusive creative genius This was a surprisingly funny TED Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. She talks about the weirdness of the creative process and how it just might be possible that “fairies follow people around rubbing fairy juice on their projects.”  Article Fear is boring, and other tips for living a creative life If fairy juice didn’t work for you, this article by Elizabeth Gilbert is more practical advice to kick your creative butt off the couch. My favourite part is: “If you have a creative mind, it’s a little bit like owning […]

Book Cook Once, Eat all Week This is a cookbook. In case you didn’t know, I don’t cook. I try, I like the idea of cooking, but the actual execution for me has always been difficult. I got this cookbook because I like how she walks you through pre-making most of the ingredients, using only a few main pieces for the week in different ways. Step by step, no interpretation necessary. Unfortunately though, it’s meat, meat and more meat and we’re trying to cut down (see video from last week). Oops. We’re trying the first one anyway this week. It was entertaining to […]

Pig was asleep. The creatures of the night were awake, but Pig couldn’t keep his eyes open. He had intended to. His plan was set. His plan was flawless. His plan would have worked. He would be bat pig! The wings he had imagined sprouting from his back, strong and furry just like the bats in the farmyard would appear. He was going to be the pig that flew. And now, the Sandman had ruined everything. Pig had been overtaken without his consent, even worse, without his very knowledge. When Pig awoke with a start, the sun had risen, the […]

Video Feeding Bill Gates a Fake Burger (to save the world) This is a really interesting video recommendation from Steph! It talks about the impact of meat on the environment but from the view of innovation for change. I particularly like the visualizations he uses to illustrate his points, like the one below. I briefly looked for where it came from, but couldn’t find it, so I’ll have to dig a little more. Book Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman This book is really cute and came out of nowhere (thanks mom!). Neil Gaiman is an author I’ve been reading a lot of […]

Here’s the content from the 4th email. If you go into this post you should have the option to comment on the bottom. I’m trying it out to see if this works for everyone. Please let me know if you have any issues with it, or of course suggestions, content ideas or interesting things you’ve been doing. You’re always welcome to email or message me if you’re more comfortable with that. Comics Catana Comics I’ve been looking for funny comics recently and came across these ones. Very relationship oriented but there are some that are pretty cute and relatable. Strange Planet by Nathan W. […]