Creative projects, exercises, and various ways to engage your hands and mind—whether or not you’re an artist! Now is a great time to take up a new hobby or get back into an old one. No doubt lots of our ideas will center around art and creativity and and visual thinking and communication, but expect more than that as we fill out the section.
Anyone who has ever wanted to create digital art (design, audio, animation) has likely experienced sticker shock while researching software. Here are some free alternatives. (By Brian Reller, posted June 29, 2020)
Wanna pass some time in a fun way—how about a mixed metaphors version of Pictionary? Visualize and guess common phrases and idioms that have been mashed together. "A good tradesman never blames the sharpest tool in the shed." "Like counting sheep to the slaughter." Try it! (By Bill Keaggy, originally posted January 24, 2020)
We posted this in the new year, but it's probably even more useful now! How about just once a week (or day?) you do a simple drawing exercise that helps build up your visualization and communication skills? (By Bill Keaggy, originally posted December 31, 2019)
We posted this a year ago, but in these times it may provide some ideas and guidance to help you break out of a quarantine rut. (By W. Scott Matthews, originally posted July 29, 2019)
