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Read more: 3 Ways to Make Students More Original
3 Ways to Make Students More Original
Originality grows when education is treated as a playground, not a results factory. Rewarding risk over precision builds courage. Daily micro-exercises of remote connection train associative thinking without adding workload. The two-version system separates emotional creation from rational refinement, protecting fragile ideas. These three tools help students become more original while keeping learning playful, exploratory, and deeply human.
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Read more: The Stock
The Stock
Creative Stock is the total material a creative mind is made of: experiences, culture, senses, ideas, and encounters. Built across a lifetime, it shapes what and how we create. When taste alone curates it, creativity flattens. When diversity, discomfort, and the unexpected enter, creative potential multiplies. A rich stock is the foundation of powerful creative connection.
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Read more: The Pages That Misbehaved
The Pages That Misbehaved
They didn’t follow rules.
They rewrote what a magazine could be.
Underground mags from the 60s and 70s used chaos as fuel for creativity.
They experimented with layout, language, and purpose.
They were loud, political, strange — and unforgettable.Sayonara Seventy Nine selects 7 standout titles that shaped counterculture through design and disruption.
These weren’t just publications.
They were creative acts of resistance.Read more -
Read more: Isamu Noguchi: Where Intelligence Meets Play
Isamu Noguchi: Where Intelligence Meets Play
Isamu Noguchi reimagined playgrounds as landscapes of possibility, merging art, design, and nature. His creations invited free, imaginative play rather than prescribing fixed uses, turning play into a profound act of intelligence. Influenced by Zen, modernism, and collaboration with visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Noguchi’s work reminds us that creativity thrives in open spaces. His legacy lives on as a beacon for anyone seeking to live more creatively and consciously.
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Read more: Who Owns Fame? Folk Heroes, Open Pop Stars & Culture Jammers Exposed
Who Owns Fame? Folk Heroes, Open Pop Stars & Culture Jammers Exposed
Folk heroes, open pop stars, and culture jammers challenge narratives through creativity. Folk heroes inspire communities, open pop stars redefine fame with shared identities, and culture jammers subvert dominant messages. Together, they reshape culture, resist oppression, and spark new ways of thinking.
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Read more: Jane Jacobs: The Power of Creative Systemic Thinking
Jane Jacobs: The Power of Creative Systemic Thinking
If today we can enjoy Greenwich Village and Little Italy in New York City, it's thanks to this woman.(Eternally grateful to her because Robert Moses's Lower Manhattan Expressway never existed).Explore the creative thinking of Jane Jacobs in this ByBa articleRead more