Being creative is a source of happiness for many people. Whether engaging in art, music, writing, cooking, gardening, crafting, or inventing, stretching your creativity muscle is good for you and for ...
A creative life might not be easy, but author Martha Beck believes it can pare and perhaps eliminate anxiety. Even creative pursuits like gardening, cooking and knitting can calm an overactive brain. ...
ASHBURNHAM — The community is welcome to take a tour of the home studios of Ashburnham’s artists from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28. “Local artists will open their studios for visits by ...
It’s officially summer. The light is creeping in at early hours, and students of all ages are out of school. Perhaps you have a vacation coming up. Perhaps, like me, you’re able to sleep a few minutes ...
What’s the big idea? We are all creative beings because making your life is the ultimate creative act. For those who choose to tune their senses as artists, there are 10 key principles to improving ...
As I write this, the 2024 Summer Olympics is taking place in Paris. Arguably, one of the most celebrated events in any Olympics is the Marathon—a race of 26.2 miles through the streets of the host ...
I’m Federica, Milanese by birth, Londoner by choice. It's hard to believe that it’s been almost a decade since I moved here aged 18, with no plan beyond a dream of working in fashion. I started from ...
Is living an artist's life worth the sacrifice? “The writing life,” author Stephanie Elizondo Griest says, “is like the ultimate hazing experience, because it tests you at every level. You are ...
What is a family member to do when suddenly everyone wants to know all about a life that is not even meant to be a public one? With the Guthrie family in the news, viewers have discovered a well-known ...
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” — Edward de Bono In 2006, Carol Dweck, a Stanford University researcher, wrote a ...
Devlin’s creative life began in childhood. Like many of us, she made things to entertain herself. She built dioramas and staged plays with her siblings, holding candy wrappers against a projector’s ...