Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Honda Choir

Hopefully, if your computer can handle it, you'll be able to see and hear this new (quick) Honda commercial ... featuring sounds provided by a choir ... definitely fits my definition of "creative."

Click: http://84.40.3.164/

Creativity and the Meaning of Work

There are so many wonderful articles about creativity on the web ... This one, by Linda Naiman, was published a few years ago, but I think it still has some genuine nuggets. I especially like her Cycles of Creativity: Inertia, Imitation, Intuition, Imagination and Inspiration. For one thing, it's not often you read about how hard it is just to get started on a project, even if it's for something you love doing. This might take you a couple minutes to read ... but you'll like it.
From creativityatwork.com.

World's 12 Best New Buildings (ArtInfo.com)

Sometimes all it takes to "goose my muse" is looking up at a beautifully designed building. I'm in awe of architecture...and love to explore new and different buildings whenever I get the chance. So, whether you agree with this list or not, I think you'll find some pleasure in checking out the 12 Best New Buildings of 2005, from ArtInfo.com.

By C.C. Sullivan, writing in ArtInfo:
"Without much introduction or fanfare, submitted here for your consideration are a dozen great buildings that emerged over the course of 2005. None of these projects are, admittedly, found outside of the Western Hemisphere, and none are designed by Lord Norman Foster or Frank Gehry, the foremost architectural minds of our day....these buildings are quite varied, both typologically (noted for convenience) as well as stylistically and thematically (omitted to spare you)....Not all of these works actually had ribbon-cutting in 2005, but they all became completed, occupied, usable and publishable last year."
-- from the website.
Thanks to John Gabree for contributing this.