Everyone is born with creativity. But those people who appear to be super creative have a secret. They know that creativity has to be developed and exercised to come easily. I am on a quest to immerse myself in creativity of all kinds. I hope you will join me!

Being an ex-dancer and a would-be artist, I found this fascinating. Even if it does not resonate with you in the same way, maybe it will spur you to think about combining two things you love into something new. Something that was made for you and by you. Very creative!

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Use your Vitamin C!

I love how other people's brains work. I would probably never look at a three foot wide alley and say, "This is the perfect place for a house!"

Definitely some Vitamin C happening there!

The boss has assigned me a job this week. I will be organizing her ideas. I know, it does sound frightening. She keeps journals, idea books, notebooks galore, of ideas she finds everywhere. Ideas come from magazines, TV shows, stores, other people, the internet, and her scary little brain. Mostly, her ideas are in notebooks on pages like this. Perhaps you have something similar. Most fast brain people do.

Yes, you have heard of right brain and left brain people, but believe me, there are also fast brain people. Someday soon, I will give you a thorough intro to The Human PinBall and you will see.

So, the boss is the queen of ideas, but so not the queen of communication. She put this container in the doorway with a note on top that said, "do something with this." All of these notebooks are filled with ideas. In another room is a shelf that has several more. And we are not even talking about the ones currently in use. She has been at this some time.

I will comb through the books, toss out stupid ideas, and save the good ones.

After I steal the best ones. Oh. She wants me to.

In the spirit of organizing ideas, I think you should see this. It is apparently new, except that it looks pretty much like the 235323435 notebooks here already in the office.  The accessories look pretty interesting however. It amazes me how people come up with ideas to sell us what we already have and don't really need. Them = smart.  Us = broke...and wishing we were them.


And then, there is Pinterest. If you are not on Pinterest, you are way behind. Get with it.  Pinterest is an electronic idea book/bulletin board. They let you start your own boards, and pin onto them whatever you want to save or remember.

This is an example of one of our boards. You can add as many pins as you want.  Why you want a Pinterest account:

• You are lazy and can take other people's pins for your own. You don't even have to go looking.
• Each pin comes with a link to the website it came from. If you need the instructions or more info about the pinned pic, just click on the link at any time.
• You can follow trends by those people with nothing better to do  cool trend trackers.
• It takes no room on your bookshelf and doesn't break your toe when the boss put it in the doorway and you walk into it.
• You can get pics from everywhere and anywhere about anything and everything.
• I said so. Get one!

I watched bits and pieces of the royal wedding. What is stuck in my mind are the hats. Some were gorgeous, some pretty funny.

And I have decided that I want to be Phillip Treacy when I grow up. He seems very creative in his head coverings. Phil is the foremost hat and fascinator designer in jolly old England.  Look through his online gallery here. My conclusion is that Phil can bobbypin anything to a head and call it a hat. And get paid a lot for it. It is almost like the Emperor's new Clothes, isn't it?

By the way, the nearest I can figure, a fascinator is more like a headpiece than an actual hat.

Except for a showgirl or a parishioner of Second Ebenezer Baptist Church in Detroit, does anyone in the USA wear a hat? Should we?

Pros:

• It looks kind of fun and attention getting
• It is very theatrical
• Draws attention from your bad hair day or the scuffs on your shoes
• You will be ready if you ever get to England and get invited to a social event

I am a list maker.  I love checking things off the lists I make.  However, sometimes I don't remember where I put the lists I made, and out of sight....out of mind.

So, I used an Expo marker, made for writing on a white board, and wrote the highest priority list on my tea mug.  I cannot miss it! It is in my hand. And it wipes right off when I complete the task.

Make sure your mug is glazed ceramic, and you use the wipe off kind of marker.   And get to work.

Oh and don't drink out of the side you write on. You will get black lips.  No.  I didn't do that. Well not more than once anyway.

That's some good Vitamin C!