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Mar

Adult at Play: The Creative Mind of Javier Pérez

by Sheron Long on March 10, 2014

Open notebook with an illustration turning the spiral into the face of a crocodile, showing how the creative mind of Javier Pérez uses imagination to see things differently. (Image © Javier Pérez)

Presto! And it’s the spiral smile of a crocodile (in profile)!
© Javier Pérez

A Simple Matter of Imagination

Javier Pérez sees things differently. His creative mind is full of the imagination that many adults tucked in a drawer a long time ago. And he likes to play.

Photo of the artist Javier Pérez, whose creative mind and imagination allows him to see things differently.

Javier Pérez says,
“I just want to create.”
© Javier Pérez

Pérez works as a graphic designer and audiovisual producer in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

But for his own amusement, each week he collects ideas, does sketches, and selects his best. Every Saturday, he works up 3 or 5 images that he then publishes over the next week.  Read more...

 

Clever Ideas/The World's Art & Design

27

Feb

Is Social Media Redefining Relationships?

by Janine Boylan on February 27, 2014

photo of Facebook friends, showing a social media relationship. (Image © Tanja Hollander)

Keliy Anderson Staley and Matt Williams
Russellville, Arkansas, 2013
met via Hampshire College
© Tanja Hollander

A Friend Is Someone
Who (Kinda) Knows You

Social media allows people to connect at any point of their lives, no matter when or how physically far, and no matter how well or how little we know one another.

New tools make it easy to share words, photos, or videos instantly with one person, with all of our connections, or even with the whole world.

But has social media really improved relationships?

Turns out that a lot of people, from researchers to artists, are exploring this question in fascinating projects.  Read more...

 

Clever Ideas

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Feb

Publishing Flip-Flop Swaps Gains for Generosity

by Bruce Goldstone on February 24, 2014

Reader surprised to find a great book, illustrating the generosity-based publisher, Concord Free Press, which encourages personal values and charity (Image © mrovka / iStock)

What’s more surprising than a great book?
A great, free book!
© mrovka / iStock

Free Books Pump Personal Values

The Concord Free Press (CFP) operates under a tradition-smashing publishing model. It thrives on generosity rather than the profit margin, and hopes to build up personal values rather than the industry’s bank accounts.  Read more...

 

Clever Ideas/Literary World

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