I originally saw this video on David Malki’s! Wondermark site. It is WONDERFUL. It depicts an 8-bit video game invasion of New York. It is a clever, creative homage to the very first video game stars while simultaneously showing just how deadly those stars could be. PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Independent [...]
Every now and then via a friend’s Facebook update or StumbleUpon, I see a remarkably creative product. In this case it was the Hello Kitty Chainsaw. Admittedly, Hello Kitty isn’t particularly creative on its own and neither are chainsaws. However, there is something about the combination of the two that results in a creative product. [...]
On Facebook, one of my former students posted this article about students submitting YouTube videos as part of their college application materials to Tufts (the videos were allowed as supplemental materials to the required essay). I thought that the videos highlighted in the article were excellent portrayals of the student, their personality and the skills [...]
I received an interesting email today from a former student. Her question: “I was wondering if perhaps the way people handle or express their depression is connected with their level of creativity. For example, some people’s form of escape is delve into an imaginary world with things like fairies and vampires and dressing “goth.” Other [...]
For those of you reading my Twitter and Facebook feeds, you may have noticed that today was filled with a series of bizarre updates revolving around the day in the life of a suburban bear. It was actually a full day Twitter experiment. I had looked at Twitter in the past but didn’t see any [...]