food for creative making, doing, and thinking With the bohemians of Montmartre, the exuberance of cabarets, and an inescapable vibrance of a place that could be none other than Paris, Toulouse-Lautrec captured in his paintings the essence of La Belle Époque. He translated his vivid recollections of decadent Parisian life onto prints, posters, journals, song sheets, theatre Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 15: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Joie de Vivre[…]

FOMO, or Fear Of Missing Out, is a new epidemic in our media oversaturated lives. FOMO can lead to overcommitting to attending events, working on projects, watching the latest viral video, or taking a series of inane Buzzfeed quizzes. For this Sunday’s motivation, why not try subscribing to JOMO, or the Joy Of Missing Out? Read more about Sunday Motivation: Do you suffer from FOMO? Try JOMO.[…]

What if you went to school one day and found Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill posing as your classmates because Ice Cube told them to? Yes, this is loosely the premise for the movie 21 Jump Street, but some students in Florida know that it’s not just fiction. In May 2011, a group of young police Read more about Podcast of the Weekend #1: Love Undercover[…]

For those of you who don’t know, the supposedly dangerous man pictured here is none other than Captain Underpants. Why is a man in nothing but a red cape and underwear on your computer screen, you ask? He’s here because the entire Captain Underpants book series by Dav Pilkey ranks 13th on the American Library Association’s Top 100 Read more about Free Your Mind: We Read These Banned Books and So Should You![…]

food for creative making, doing, and thinking To capture this stunning photograph, Mattiussi needed to utilize not only artistic techniques and strategies, but also a thorough knowledge of the behavior of grizzly bears in the context of their natural habitat. Read more about Mattiussi’s process on the National Geographic website.

food for creative making, doing, and thinking On this day in 1936, the man who would grow up to create none other than The Muppets was born. On the show, beloved puppeteer Jim Henson helped viewers everywhere get to know The Great Gonzo, The Swedish Chef, and the Musical Chickens. His greatest brainchild, though, was easily the Read more about CREATIVITY BREADCRUMB 13: HAPPY 78TH BIRTHDAY TO JIM HENSON![…]

food for creative making, doing, and thinking “All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain. If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman it is enough…the fact will prevail through the universe…but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail. Who troubles himself about his ornaments or Read more about Creativity Breadcrumb 12: Wise Words of Whitman[…]

Every September, the American Library Association, the National Coalition Against Censorship and other organizations sponsor Banned Books Week, aimed at “Celebrating the Freedom to Read.” The goals of Banned Books Week range from bringing censorship under the national spotlight to creating a space for a community of teachers, students, librarians, and readers and writers of Read more about BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2014![…]

Stranded on a deserted island, you have been granted but one wish before perpetual perdition. You would want one thing, and one thing only, and that’s Allen Ginsberg’s soul wrenching poetry. In the archives of The University of Arizona Poetry Center, the Beat poet reads from Howl, Kaddish, and Reality Sandwiches, in addition to describing Read more about Podcast of the Week #2: Brilliant Beat Poetry by Allen Ginsberg[…]