Avatar Movie and Star Wars Movie--Following Inspiration

A few days ago a ninth-grade student in English class was watching the Star Wars movie for the first time.  The Avatar movie was just released last Friday.  James Cameron, director of the Avatar movie, said that the Star Wars movie, written and directed by George Lucas,  movie was an inspiration for the development of Avatar.

Were I a full-time English teacher this year, I would probably assign an extra-credit project to view both Star Wars and Avatar and to track evidence of Star Wars inspiration in the Avatar movie. 

Editing Lots of Posts--Inspiration--Creativity-Perspiration--Perspective

Editing the posts in this blog to date--this is post #239--is lots of work.  I now have all of the posts in a format that allows editing.  To turn it into a book--or multiple books--requires lots more work and thinking about the details of the posts.

Lynn Pierce advised me that I could have the book ready to edit by the end of the weekend and she was right--it's ready for editing, though not yet edited.

I'll be working on the edits during the week and we'll see what I have to share as the work progresses.  I'm looking for inspiration and perspective as I work with creativity and perspiration. 

Wish me luck!! :-)

Networking, Connections, Social Networks, New Opportunities, Ideas and Inspiration

This week I have been exploring some new ideas to make a positive difference and to generate more income.  (Visit my earlier blogs for this week.)  Today I went back to LinkedIn to join more networking and alumni groups so that I can connect with former colleagues and others who share similar interests and values.

I needed to connect with people I can trust (often alumni network members) who live in other parts of the world and who can help me find some connections for global businesses.  What I like about these social networking groups made available via LinkedIn is that we can share ideas, discuss, and inspire each other.  Often someone will ask a question that someone else will have an answer for--or a resource or an idea about.

This one service provides me an opportunity to expand my thinking and to connect with lots more people who can help me make some dreams come true--for lots of people.  If you're interested, visit my LinkedIn profile.

Creative Imagination--Inspirational Examples--Innovation

Creative imagination can push pre-existing boundaries to thought and action.  Inspirational models can inspire us to move beyond these limits.  Michaelangelo's statue of David represented an entirely new way of depicting the human form and ushered in an entirely new way of rendering art.

Michaelangelo understood the marble he was working with.  People using creative imagination to create something new need to understand the medium in which they are creating.  Our economy is evolving and there are opportunities for those with creative imaginations to create something entirely new from the medium available.

One challenge is to find positive models to serve as inspiration in the way David inspires other sculptors and artists.