This is the season for giving and I want you to be on the lookout for some strange packages. Why would you want a strange package? They have the best gifts that change your life, touch your soul and stay with you forever. They don’t take up space in the closet or end up being re-gifted, although passing the gifts forward can be a blessing. These gifts don’t appear to be gifts at all. They come in the form of setbacks, losses, hurts and worse, but the gift inside these strange packages come with lessons that will serve you well and [...]

This is from business marketing ideas but I love it for creating art too! Alex Osborn, the originator of the brainstorming method, originally came up with many of the questions used in the SCAMPER technique. However, it was Bob Eberle, an education administrator and author, who organized the questions into the mnemonic to address specific questions that help solve business problems or ignite creativity during brainstorming meetings. The name SCAMPER is acronym for seven techniques; (S) substitute, (C) combine, (A) adapt, (M) modify, (P) put to another use, (E) eliminate and (R) reverse. These keywords can be used to spark the creative process [...]