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Leaf it to the Turkeys

How a little less noise in our lives can allow us space to make insightful inspirations — One day, on Facebook, I noted my neighbour having a bit of a rant about people who use leaf-blowers. I get on well with her and had to admit to her that while I rarely used it, I did in fact own one. …

Creativity

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Leaf it to the Turkeys
Leaf it to the Turkeys
Creativity

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My-father-plays-dominos-better-than-your-father-plays-dominos

Except for Carpe Diem, My-father-plays-dominos-better-than-your-father-plays-dominos (said very quickly in a monotone), is all of the Latin that I thought I knew. But it turns out there is another Latin phrase that I know: Vice versa, but now a common English phrase. Curiously while vice is a word in its own…

Mental Health

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My-father-plays-dominos-better-than-your-father-plays-dominos
Mental Health

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Bounding Creativity.

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Douglas Adams This was our mantra when we were at university. For me, though, it was more of a case of the sound of deadlines hurtling, seemingly out of no-where, towards me. I recently had…

Creativity

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Bounding Creativity.
Bounding Creativity.
Creativity

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Hats Off

My father wanted to be an archaeologist but was given no choice but to follow in his father’s footsteps and study engineering. After retiring from a successful career as a local Government Engineer, he completed his Masters in Archaeology. He also took up painting and writing. He continued to volunteer…

Startup

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Hats Off
Hats Off
Startup

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IDEASMITE Spread, or they might not!

Some ideas just pop. Others just fizz out. Some ideas just pop. Others just fizz out. This weeks episode of The Common Creative is Creative Fermentation. Chef Garry Flynn shares a story of his entrepreneurial adventure in making Elderflower Presse (soft drink). …

Ideas

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Fermenting Creativity
Fermenting Creativity
Ideas

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Dec 5, 2022

Going with the Creative Tide

Have a 16ft wooden sailing boat called Prioni. It is a Scruffie: a lot like its owner. Once a quarter, I partake in a little regatta run by a friend at Talburpin Point, Redland Bay. …

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Going with the Creative Tide
Going with the Creative Tide

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Aug 19, 2022

Taxiing for a creative take-off.

Snyder and the Swedes sounds to me like a Scandinavian rock and roll band. The new ABBA, maybe? It is the original name of a New York Creative agency now called SNYDER, where she now represents Illustrators, Artists and photographers. Its founder, Kristina Snyder, is the guest on this week’s…

Ideas

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Taxiing for a creative take-off.
Taxiing for a creative take-off.
Ideas

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Jul 13, 2022

Changeable (Fair)weather

For most of my life, I considered my mother to be the creative parent. Her hands were amazing; she was an incredibly talented piano teacher, cake-icer, tatter, crocheter, sewer, folk artist, china doll maker, stuffed animal maker, and so on. On the other hand, my father was an engineer, and…

Ideas

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Changeable (Fair)weather
Changeable (Fair)weather
Ideas

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Jul 7, 2022

Running out of Creative Puff.

A windsock is a very clever piece of engineering. My father took early retirement in his mid-50s from his position as Chief Engineer and Manager of the Works Department at the Brisbane City Council. …

Creativity

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Running out of Creative Puff.
Running out of Creative Puff.
Creativity

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Jun 29, 2022

The shifting winds of creative thinking.

A lot of people who know me would agree that I am pretty single-minded when it comes to creativity. But now I am in two minds about it. A recent study of Nobel prize-winning economists found two sweet spots in the age of researchers who win the prize. One group…

Ideas And Stories

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The shifting winds of creative thinking.
The shifting winds of creative thinking.
Ideas And Stories

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Paul Fairweather

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