Author Archives: Carolyn

About Carolyn

I'm the creator of this site. A technical communicator who is now spreading her wings in the creative world. It'll be baby steps, but I'll be offering up my own creations to you as time goes on.

Remember Vik Muniz?

I spoke about this artist before, in a previous post about his origami crane(s) for Japan. Well, I found a Ted Talk where he spoke back in 2007 about creativity and his whimsical approach to what he creates using just … Continue reading

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What is Genius?

Author David Shenk believes that genius comes about because of genes interacting with our environment. But it doesn’t happen by simply adding one to the other. It has become more of a model with the formula of (G x E) … Continue reading

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Sing For Nature

Ta’Kaiya Blaney, a Sliammon First Nation youth, had a message for Enbridge when she learned about another tar sands project that is being proposed from Alberta to British Columbia, covering a span of 1,170 km. Just like the Keystone XL … Continue reading

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Another Way

We were not alone in our tragedies. Across the ocean and years apart, another country was dragged down into a pit of terror. And they were by far not the only country to suffer, just one of the more recent … Continue reading

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Remembrances

                  I can tell you that so many of those images are still in my head, though not in the same way as those who actually experienced it. That event was an … Continue reading

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Mayhem’s In My Blind spot

http://youtu.be/QhzKdA90kPw The Mayhem spots by Allstate have always been a favorite of mine (and so many others). I guess that it speaks to our inner monsters?! But I think that they made an awesome one that’s appropriate for the times. … Continue reading

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Superheroes in Abstract

If you’re like me, then you’ve got a few superheroes that you love. I mean those of the comic book persuasion. Though, yes, we also have our superheros in real life that are equally amazing. Well, how about looking at … Continue reading

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Love Your Controller

If you’re a gamer, then your controller is probably a permanent attachment to your hands. Well, this poster by Pop Chart Lab depicts every controller in the past seven decades that has been held in the hot little hands of … Continue reading

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Encouragement from Pixar

You can’t get a much better inspirations than Animator Letters Project. Willie Downs was torn between doing what he thought his family wanted for him, and being true to himself. This is a conversation that I’m seeing pop up everywhere … Continue reading

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Posters of Letters

Swedish designer Patrick Svensen makes book poster only using what books are made of, the alphabets. The only difference is that he uses them in such a creative way that they depict some character in the book. And don’t forget … Continue reading

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