Art is Everywhere. This Week: The New Polaroid 600

If you haven’t seen this beauty yet, head on over to Polapremium to check out the awesomeness. Oh, yes, this one’s on my wishlist.

I have a Polaroid 600 from around 1997 that still works perfectly. It’s the first Polaroid instant film camera I ever purchased, and I think it cost me $40. If the quality of the new model is at all on par with the old, then I highly recommend checking this model out. The price for the kit is admittedly high, even though it includes a pack of film. If you’re either a design and branding or Polaroid aficionado, this piece would make a beautiful collector’s item.

New Podcast + Interview with Robert Fritz

Not too long ago, Liz Massey had the honor of interviewing author, composer, and playwright Robert Fritz for our series, “Interviews with Innovators.” According to the bio on his website,

Robert Fritz, composer, filmmaker and organizational consultant is founder of Technologies For Creating® and author of the international bestseller “The Path of Least Resistance.”

During the past twenty-five years, over 80,000 people in 27 countries have participated in trainings created by Robert Fritz. His insights on the creative process and structural dynamics serve as the foundation of meaningful and lasting change for both individuals and organizations.

In this podcast Liz and Robert talk about Robert’s approach to the creative process and the ways in which his approach contradict with many common methods. Robert introduces a new way of viewing how we create and how we can take this new approach into other areas of life and work.

Click on the podcast cover below to listen to the full podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. You can also learn more about Liz by visiting her blog – Creative Liberty.

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Every Monday is Tip Day! This Week: Be Intentional

Every Monday is Tip Day! Grab a cup of coffee and get over the Monday morning bump with tips, tools, and inspiration from Perch.

This Week: Be Intentional

Making time to nurture creativity can seem like a wonderful thing that is worthy of aspiring to, but in the face of real world demands, a creative practice often gets pushed to the back burner. Many times, creative ideas are bookmarked, clipped, and stored away but never revisited. We tell ourselves, “There simply isn’t time.”

Or space. Or resources. Believe me, I can relate.
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3 Things Inspiring Me This Week

I know it’s been almost a week since my last update, and I want to thank you for your patience and support. Your comments last Friday were so thoughtful, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciated your words of encouragement. We are almost finished unpacking, and life is resuming its normal pace again. Chris and I have been unpacking nonstop. I can see the floor of my closet, and boxes no longer fill my living room. What better time to take a break and share a few of the things that are inspiring me this week?

1. J.D. Salinger

I’ve been reading Nine Stories, a collection of short stories by J.D. Salinger. His stories are so rich and compelling, but from the standpoint of technique, they are full of genius, as well. Sadly, Salinger passed away last week. Read the write-up in the New York Times here.
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Everyday Creative: Let’s Begin

Melanie Sklarz, January 2010

Like most years, I decided to start 2010 by dedicating the year to becoming more creative. Usually, my dedication ends up occurring in not so everyday inspirational spurts. I hope this year will be different. I hope my creativity remains constant and in the forefront of everything I do.

So how am I going to manage to pull off this feat? By learning to be everyday creative by following Eric Maisel’s The Creativity Book: A Year’s Worth of Inspiration and Guidance. Yes, that’s a year’s worth of dedication!

I first encountered creativity coach extraordinaire, Eric Maisel’s work when I signed up for his Intro to Creativity Coaching online course five years ago. At the time, I was working as a museum educator, where I was focusing on everyone else’s creativity but my own. The course not only taught me how to empower other creatives but how to focus on my own creativity.
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Art is Everywhere. This Week: “Thin Places” by Kevin Kaiser

Kevin Kaiser posted this video on his blog last Friday. It is so on the mark, so I asked him for permission to post it here. I hope you’ll take two and a half minutes out of your day to watch it. You’ll leave more inspired and ready to tackle the next thing.

(You probably noticed that Kevin is on my list of 5 Creative Bloggers to Watch in 2010. After you watch this, you’ll know why.)