recently watched movies worth noting:
miss pettigrew lives for a day
little manhattan (rented solely because of a friend’s review and was surprised at how cute and funny it turned out to be!)
recently watched movies that should never have been made:
the happening (why m. night shyamalan, why?!)
i was surprised yesterday when the doorbell rang but no one was at the door when i answered. looking down, i noticed a large package with my name on it. inside were all sorts of idea generators, design reference books and creative inspirations! happy early birthday to me!
i decided to dive into this book first: caffeine for the creative mind – 250 exercises to wake up your brain. i love what the intro had to say…
“if you were going to run a marathon in two months, you would prepare, wouldn’t you? you would train for that event; you would set a schedule of activities that would prepare your body for what would be asked of it on that day, because you knew that day would arrive. what if you had to prepare for a marathon, but you didn’t know what day it would start? all you knew was that it was coming. it could be any day. you would probably prepare your body every day for the chance that it might be the next day. preparing our bodies to endure physical activity is just like preparing our minds for creative activity. yet, we often don’t take steps to effectively train for idea generation.”
daily creative maintenance. i love it.
challenge #1: pimp my red flyer. (aka, a common red wagon)
