It’s Theme Thursday and that means it’s time to do something fun and creative. For altered book artists, go take a peek at GoMakeSomething, who has a list of elements to add to altered books, each with a how-to link, including one for 350 ideas for altered books, as well as how to do a layout for one.
Colored pencils from metu.edu.tr
Altair Designs provides you with different geometric patterns, a brush, a color selector and a few auto-fill in tools. You can color in designs, save them, email them, and see other people’s work in a gallery. Surprisingly enjoyable; a great way to explore color combinations you’ve been wanting to work on.
Tired of explaining your project progress to your peers? Here’s a jargon generator that creates empty, meaningless phrases for you. The advantage is that these phrases sound important. Who wouldn’t want to empower cross-market e-platforms?
Thanks to frequent commenter Pete Harbeson, we have a map quiz with a twist. The maps are shown, complete with colors, demarcations and scales, but there is no explanation. Using only the information shown and your basic knowledge of, try to guess what information the map shows. It’s not about geography, it’s about information.
More on found poetry: Logolalia is a site dedicated to artists’ collaborations. The link points to an artist who is working through a page of a book a day, looking for found poetry. It’s visually and poetically interesting.
And finally, TinyBuddha gives you simple advice for a complex life. In this link, 7 keys to happiness.
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—Quinn McDonald is a life- and certified creativity coach. She teaches people how to write and give presentations. She also wonders what you would like to say that you didn’t?
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TinyBuddha is big on wisdom.
Indeed. TinyBuddha is wise.
Hi Quinn,
You are amazing! I love visiting your site…it has been a while, I must say:)
The BS creator has now been sent to all of my most important friends and colleagues. Thanks for this gift!
I will be back more often to read up on the Raw Journaling…you are delightful and so helpful to my learning…
Susan
What a wonderful boost to read! Thank you so much for telling me. And yes, I do love the BS generator. I think I know some people who are using it for marketing copy!