Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it. Ignorance may deride it. Malice may distort it. But there it is.
— Winston Churchill
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Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
There It Is
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts, Writers on December 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Useful Today. Or Any Day, Really
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts on November 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
From the annals of the “Thoughts that have been thunk many times before but are still sometimes good to think again” archives, I found this idea useful today:
When it comes to creativity, you can do anything if you don’t care if it’s perfect.
And you should.
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The Terminator as Art Critic
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts, toddler art on November 29, 2023| 2 Comments »
I found a picture that I drew of a dragon, lo those many years ago.
Being the curious sort, I decided to see if AI was worth its salt by (obviously) uploading the image and asking it to animate said dragon.
I hoped for something cute and silly.
(Well, actually, what I expected was for it to say, “Are you kidding, lady? And also, You call that a dragon? I could do better than that while managing air traffic control for LAX! Who drew this thing, a toddler?” Yes, more or less. No need to be mean about it.)
What I got was a canned reply on how to animate, plus this:
So, not my dragon and not an animation. Just a lot of “Ooh, look at me,” with a heaping dose of computerized side-eye.
Kind of the internet in a nutshell, actually;)
Mushroom Soup Recipe Update (Spoiler Alert: Still Not Done)
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, recipes, Thoughts on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Still working on that mushroom soup recipe.
Here’s the thing: My default recipe is a little complicated.
I don’t mean that in a bad way, but in a creative sort of way. The truth is, the recipe for this soup is straightforward. Here, I’ll lay it out for you:
- mushrooms, lots
- chicken stock, lots
- sherry, ehhhh, fine, lots
- soy sauce and pepper
- beurre manie, more than seems reasonable (I usually use this much: 224g butter, 144g flour)
- also but optional: onions, garlic, herbs
The devil is, of course, in the details. I wrote out the whole recipe and discovered two things.
One, I have a hard time doing a thing the easy way. Well, that’s not entirely true. I tend to take a recipe, strip it down to the basics, then build it back up again so that it has what I consider the essentials of taste and texture. This leads to a basic recipe with many, many caveats.
And two, my memory for little things like quantities is not great. Both of these factors are further complicated by the fact that I never quite make a recipe the same way, and the point is to hand this off to people who want it to taste the way it did at a certain time (2023) and place (the wilds of northern Ontario).
So… stay tuned!
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Tuesday Surprise
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, genre fiction, Writers, writing on November 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to my day job, Tuesdays are the worst… except when they aren’t.
Me: Tuesday morning, grumble, grumble, work, work, work.
/muzak, lunch, muzak
Me: What’s this in my email?
/insert the crackling of digital paper
Me: An acceptance letter for one of my favorite fun stories? How cool is that?
More details as we get closer to publication, but it’s great news. And it couldn’t have come on a better day.
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When Ideas Flow
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”
— Nolan Bushnell
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African Futures
Posted in Entertainment, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Africa, ASU, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Writers, writing on November 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
While I’m more of a written word sort of a person, you may have noticed that this thing called a (checks notes) “podcast” has become something of a trend;)
If you are a fan of the spoken word, speculative fiction, futurism, African writers, writers in general and interviews with same, this new series from Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination might be just the ticket.
The Imagination Desk: Introducing Griots & Galaxies
The Center for Science and the Imagination is proud to present the new podcast Griots & Galaxies! This is a ten episode series hosted by Jenna Hanchey, Chinelo Onwualu, and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu that explores the work of ten African speculative fiction authors and imagining new futures for the continent.
Here’s a link to the series page.
Podcasts: Center for Science and the Imagination
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So Many Options
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, baking again, creativity on November 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I’m looking to make a new special-occasion cake and find myself with too many recipe options. We’re also under a bit of a time crunch. So of course I will take three of these possible alternatives and combine them into something I hope will work.
Wish me luck!
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Always Becoming
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, growth, Thoughts, Writers on November 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L’Engle
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An Exotic but Well-Kept Craft
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, craft, creativity, history on November 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I came across an article about socks. Why share? Because I happen to like good socks, and I like history, and I like crafting. And these are very special socks.
1,600-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Socks Made for Sandals
I had never heard about the technique behind these socks, which is called nålebinding or nalbinding (literally, needle binding). If I were to characterize the method, I’d say that it’s knitting without the needles, or crochet without a hook, and if Wikipedia is to be believed, nålebinding predates both. Now more closely associated with Scandinavian cultures, the oldest known examples date from the Mediterranean around 6500 BCE.
If you also wonder what it took to make a sock in ancient Egypt, check out this site for descriptions and instructional videos.
I will now go appreciate the drawer full of socks I did not have to make.
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