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Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age

The New York Times

Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age The New York Times Do Children in a Keyboard World Need to Learn Old-Fashioned Handwriting? There is a tendency to dismiss handwriting...
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What is Creativity?

By Shelley Berc

What is Creativity? By Shelley Berc Let's start with the dictionary definition, however brief and limited, it covers the basics: Creativity: the ability to transcend traditional ideas,...
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Think Less, Think Better

by Moshe Bar, The New York Times

Think Less, Think Better by Moshe Bar The New York Times A Friend of Mine has a Bad Habit of Narrating his Experiences as they are taking place. I tease him for being a bystander in...
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Why Theater Majors Are Vital in the Digital Age

By Tracey Moore, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Theater Majors Are Vital in the Digital Age By Tracey Moore The Chronicle of Higher Education The study of theater has always been a slightly odd fit with higher...
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Postcard from Paris

by Deborah Murphy, The National Post, Canada

Postcard from Paris by Deborah Murphy The National Post, Canada I am sitting in a locals' café in the Marais, an old now very chic quartier on the right bank in Paris. I have been writing...
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Use Your Imagination…

By Shelley Berc

Use Your Imagination... By Shelley Berc When Life is Uncertain Our Imagination Can Make the Unknown the Great Adventure of Our Lives Supposing you go for your yearly physical and the doctor...
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Creativity in Everyday Life

by Shelley Berc

Creativity in Everyday Life By Shelley Berc Why is creativity important in everyday life? Simply put, it is because it makes life infinitely interesting and fulfilling. Creativity is a way of...
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Creativity Articles

List of Articles

Creativity Articles A selection of articles about The Creativity Workshop that recently appeared in newspapers and magazines. Does Having a Day Job Mean Making Better Art? by Katy...
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Travel and Creativity

By AllPsychologyCareers.com

Travel and Creativity By AllPsychologyCareers.com Learn how travel can boost our ability to become more creative Hemingway wrote while in Cuba, and Gauguin painted in Tahiti; Mark Twain...
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Time to Nourish our Creativity

by Shelley Berc, Boomer Girl Magazine

Time to Nourish our Creativity by Shelley Berc Boomer Girl Magazine We are all born creative, it is a fact of human nature. Anyone who has watched a child absorbed in her make-believe world...
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