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Curiosity as a Superpower
Humans are always creative, no matter what their circumstances. The nature of their creativity is shaped by their circumstances, and I've been wondering today if that shape ranges from playfulness at one end of an imaginary scale to resourcefulness at the other end.
Originality (and staying relevant)
How many people have told you that you’re one in a million?
Community Collaboration: School Mural Project
Designing and directing a mural project for Saturn Elementary, a Los Angeles city school.
Teen art workshop: what they made
Here are some of the masks and the people that made them during our posterboard mask making workshop for teens.
Teen art workshop: posterboard masks
Inspiration and notes for a teen mask-making workshop…
Emotion and Design, and Empathy
Where you allow yourself to be moved by someone else’s feelings.
Fabric Pattern: Wings for a Sphinx
Lisa Flores sews practical items for people and pets. She has an etsy shop, ekeka, where she sells custom and made-to-order cat beds, custom dog bed covers and cat clothes. Her cat clothes are mainly for hairless sphynx cats.