More Articles from Archive ~ March, 2005
Take a moment to play this little Twinoo Game which is a quick and fun exercise to stimulate the right and left brain hemispheres. You can try to solve only the left brain exercises (simple arithmetic problems) or you can focus on the right brain exercises, blending colors … or you can try to handle [...]
Ever wonder, when you dip your brush into one of those smooth, creamy colors, just what did painters do before art shops made these gems so easily available? “They are ground colored material. Early pigments were simply as ground earth or clay, and were made into paint with spit or fat. Modern pigments are often [...]
I was going to point out a good article for you from this new magazine, but I just couldn’t make up my mind which one. It’s a bit more for tech-heads, but good ideas come from everywhere. “The first magazine devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. (do it yourself) inspiration …” MakeZine.com: Current [...]
Just like you, every now and then someone will send me a game. Later, I realize why they sent it to me. You’ll do well with this one, for example, if you can continue to imagine a distance or measurement and keep it in mind as you play. I make it sound more complicated than [...]
Here’s an article about people who REALLY are good at remembering things … champions, in fact. I found it particularly interesting that using visual images (the more vivid, the better) is key to establishing a lasting memory. Also that anyone can do this, with practice. Forget Me Not – How to win the U.S. memory [...]
In the early days of LASS (Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase — no longer around), I was puzzled by the fact that only about 1/4 of the writer/artists who auditioned were women. We thought, maybe it was just because women weren’t as aggressive as men about promoting themselves and subjecting themselves to the rejection process in [...]
What I like about this, is that you can view 16 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs and also hear commentary from the photographers who have won journalism’s most prestigious award. (About 10 minutes in length.) Perfect for Goosing Your Muse … thanks to John Gabree for sending this along to us.
Good news! Starting today, the New York Public Library Digital Gallery will make available online 275,000 images, to be increased to 500,000 images overthe next few months, that can be used freely for personal purposes. This project has been several years in the making and includes everything from illuminated manuscripts to historical maps to vintage [...]
Truth be told, I’ve stayed away from Stephen King’s books and films because they’re always so darned scary. But recently, my Belgian friend, singer/songwriter Hilde Sevens, put the book ON WRITING by Stephen King in my hand and suggested I check it out. She promised it wouldn’t scare me. You may have read it already [...]
