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A recent speech by Ken Robinson at the Royal Society for the Arts. His book “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything” is a great resource full of anecdotes and words of wisdom concerning how you respond to your natural talents and passions.
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. Do not be intimidated by the wall of text that you encounter when you visit their site. Instead focus on the many 5-10 minute video lessons available, and more are coming. An outstanding resource.
via khanacademy.org
Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon after, we embedded the audio files in our online survey courses. The response from our students was so positive that we decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. We created audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.
A beautifully designed website full of comprehensive information on art and art history. A must resource.
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What have you learned today?
Do you believe in magic?
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What are you faithful to?
What are you so afraid of that inaction is the better choice?
What is the last piece of music that made you cry?
In what ways are standards getting in the way of your creativity?
How do you define creativity?
Have you ever danced?
When was the last time you went to a museum?
What frightened you today?
What are your favorite mistakes?
Do you welcome the elephants in the room?
Are you the smartest person in the room?
What can’t you live without?
Do you mostly answer questions or ask questions?
Can you finish it quickly?
Who controls your creative work?
Why are manhole covers round?
Have you smiled today?
What made you smile?
What do you pay attention to?
When was the last time you ate a home-cooked meal?
When was the last time you engaged in any kind of physical activity?
Can you tell a good story?
Has it been done before?
Do you like change?
What has inspired extreme anger in you?
In what areas of your life are you organized and meticulous?
What do you walk away from?
Are you good with math?
What do you deserve?
What do you want?
Have you experienced something new lately?
Can you learn on your own?
Who do you trust?
Have you ever taken yourself to a restaurant for a nice meal, alone?
Do you only know people in your industry?
Could you go a day without technology? A week? A month? A year?
What would make you give up technology?
Do ideas come easily, or do you have to wrestle with them?
What’s your best failure?
Are you interesting?
Are you interested?
In five years you are on the cover of Time and Newsweek (in whichever format they take then), what’s the headline?
How did you do it?
Why did you do it?
Are you answering the right questions?
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