creativity

The Takeaway: Hospital Lets Artists Paint, Perform to Pay Medical Bills

Posted on 06/29/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsA Bronx hospital is launching a program that lets artistic patients knock $40 off their medical bills for every hour they spend providing some other “creative activity or service” at the hospital. The Lincoln Art Exchange, at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, is essentially a bartering program where actors, musicians, dancers, writers and visual artists can trade their talents for medical care.

What Keeps You Creative?

Posted on 06/26/2011 by | Washington D.C. | Comments

Your LifeHave you ever watched something that reignites your creativity and maybe even inspires to dust off an old aspiration? This video, by the folks at TO-FU, does just that. It is based on a list, 29 Ways to Stay Creative, created by Paul Zii for his Life on Michigan Avenue blog. The presentation is energizing and very darn cool. The video had such an effect on me that I decided to add to the list. Here is my #30… Look …