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Creative Photography Ideas From Creative Sparks – Jenna Lanam

Here is one of the inspiring photographs from last Thursday’s Creative Sparks creativity workshop. This black & white photo is from Jenna Lanam. Jenna has been taking my photography classes at the Vero Beach Museum of Art and recently began attending Creative … Continue reading

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Creative Inspiration from Creative Sparks

My students continue to surprise, amaze and inspire me every week. I have decided to post a photo from our Creative Sparks sessions on Thursday nights each Friday morning to share the inspiration with you. The first image comes from … Continue reading

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What is Creativity?

Here’s a great short video introducing some of the ideas explored in Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine. What is creativity? How do we study it? How do we become more creative? How do we break through creative blocks? Check it out! … Continue reading

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What is Art?

“Meaningful art, in any medium, is mind changing, challenging the prejudices of conventional thought. In this role, art lives between the known and the unknown, communicating what it discovers in this ambiguous territory.” – Duane Preble This is an interesting … Continue reading

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Some Creative Inspiration for the New Year!

This is a wonderful view of creativity and a great way to start off a new year! Fantastic attitude! Watch this video as IDEO founder David Kelley discusses the creativity within all of us on Charlie Rose and you will … Continue reading

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Creative photography class tomorrow night!

Get creative at with my Discovering Your Creative Vision photography class tomorrow night. We will meet at my studio located at 2686 US Highway 1 in Vero Beach from 7:30-9pm. Bring your new work for constructive critique and discussions on … Continue reading

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Encouragement to think creatively from Einstein

“The significant problems we face in life cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” –  Albert Einstein This explains a lot about creative blocks! How can we expect to create new … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Photography and Creativity

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange Description Photography provides a unique way for us to interact with and thus understand the world. With it we can create snapshots at … Continue reading

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Creative Inspiration from Outer Space

Check out this amazing time lapse video of images taken from the International Space Station. The views are spectacular! I especially like the lightning storms, the aurora borealis and the city lights at night. I find this perspective very inspiring. … Continue reading

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The Creative Genius Of Edward Weston

Artists struggle in “the new” all the time. Creating form where there was none. Edward Weston’s Daybooks are full of his thoughts as explored the medium of photography and created what we now consider to be “the standards”. I find … Continue reading

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