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Ideas based on someone else’s work–Creative or not?
This week, in its first authorized sequel, the Winnie the Pooh characters reappear in “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,” complete with a new otter character. The Pooh Properties Trust decided to have a writer create a sequel, without (in their words, stated in the New York Times) doing damage to the original books by [...]
Exercising creativity with a sober eye and steady hand
Certainly my poetry and prose sounded much better in my youthful days, under the swagger of a few gin and tonics consumed along Amsterdam Avenue or during the hazy nights watching the Vltava River flow past. But the next morning, hangover in hand, my writing would return to a desk drawer. My writerly confidence tucked [...]
Space travel and creativity
While wandering around the Kennedy Space Center and its exhibits and displays, it wasn’t hard to let the mind also wander. Looking at space travel and its history, creativity played an enormous part in where we are today and where we are going tomorrow. Seeing the looming shuttles, readied on their launch pads, and observing [...]
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