by Orna Ross | Nov 6, 2014 | The Rest |
In Creativity is Forever, Gary Davis listed 22 characteristics that were most commonly found in creative people, some positive (curiosity, independent, risk-taking, high energy, emotional) and some negative (impulsive, hyperactive, argumentative). He found that many...
by Orna Ross | Nov 4, 2014 | The Rest |
One of Amazon Kindle's least known features allows you to peek over the reader’s shoulder, to follow people of interest to you and see their Public Notes on what they're reading. And once you enable Kindle Public Notes for a particular book, then any of your followers...
by Orna Ross | Oct 20, 2014 | The Rest |
“We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. “There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 — sartorially, cosmetically,...
by Orna Ross | Oct 17, 2014 | The Rest |
Until recently, it was commonly held that humankind acquired artistic skills and intellectual capabilities only when our ancestors departed Africa and arrived in Europe some 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. In recent years scientists have begun to question this. Ten years...
by Orna Ross | Oct 12, 2014 | The Rest |
CARL SAGAN: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark When we finally come to terms with science and fully recognize its beauty and its power, we will find, in spiritual as well as in practical matters, that we have made a bargain strongly in our favor....
by Orna Ross | Oct 10, 2014 | Fiction |
I've been working for some years on a trilogy about the Irish poet WB Yeats — and I'll be picking it back up shortly to finish off, (just as soon as I publish How To Create Anything and Go Creative!) I'm planning a very special edition (500 copies) of the first...