Creative Zone

The Art of Teaching Art

February 16, 2012

How my high school art teacher changed the way I view – everything. I remember the day I understood what it meant to succeed at a task – specifically a school art project. It wasn’t the grade — nor the obligatory oohs and ahs from my parents — it had to be something I felt [...]

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Left Brain – Right Brain: In Living Color

January 10, 2012

Smash Hit: Ad Campaign for Mercedes Benz Israel by Y&R Interactive, Tel Aviv It’s not hard to see that the brains behind this stunning print campaign lean right.  The images showcase the qualities of the two opposing parts of the brain that complement each other: the left side, responsible for analysis and logic — juxtaposed [...]

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New Year’s Revelation

January 2, 2012

Bottom line: It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece.  It just has to be yours. Banishing the inner critic. How many great works of art were ruined by listening to the inner critic? How many times have you painted something, penned a poem, or composed a piece of music — only to trash it because you [...]

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What the Flock? The Miracle Of Murmuration

December 30, 2011

A show-stopping viral video illustrates how nature can turn on us — and on itself – in a nanosecond. We must be ready. There’s a name for this phenomenon—MURMURATION. It’s simply a massive moving flock of starlings. Technically it’s a collective noun – much like a gaggle of geese or a school of fish. The [...]

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Time To Let Go — Watch Miracles Happen

October 7, 2011

You might not have heard of him, but Charlie Bird is arguably Ireland’s most famous investigative reporter. And now, thanks to this viral You Tube video sensation, Charlie Bird has gone global. But who knew his most watched “15 minutes” would find him laughing hysterically on his back -– pinned down by a couple of [...]

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