questions This deck of cards will help you to get to know yourself better Mark Frauenfelder

lotr 'Lord of the Rings'-themed wedding looks like a lot of fun Xeni Jardin

gotta be me 'I go to thrift stores with $20 and try to make the weirdest outfits I can.' Xeni Jardin

amateurs plagiarize The true nature of creativity: pilfering and recombining the work of your forebears (who, in turn, pilfered and recombined) Cory Doctorow

cool shoes man This guy hand-paints amazing art on Vans loafers Xeni Jardin

ernie pook Lynda Barry's "Making Comics" is one of the best, most practical books ever written about creativity Cory Doctorow

creativity 'I was born without my right hand and use duct tape to play guitar' Xeni Jardin

creativity Watch: Epic ink pen drawing on a pizza box Xeni Jardin

beauty Just some really gorgeous psychedelic glass art Xeni Jardin

slow multitasking "Slow multitasking" is the good kind of multitasking Cory Doctorow

brains The neuroscience of creativity (and yes, right brain/left brain is mostly bullshit) David Pescovitz

costume The Art of Cosplay: 'Fuse Bead Armor,' by Cosplay Amy (@cosplamy) Xeni Jardin

time out Enjoy the animated art of Chacalall Orozco Xeni Jardin

cake art Freddie Mercury chocolate cake Xeni Jardin

john cage John Cage's ten rules for students and teachers Andrea James

Finger Painting Fine art finger painter Iris Scott talks about being "gifted" Rusty Blazenhoff

drummer Drummer documents 13 years of skill improvement Andrea James

heroic mode of creation The myth of the "genius creator" requires that we ignore the people they build on, or insist they don't matter Cory Doctorow

slackers Charles Darwin spent most of his day chilling out Andrea James

body painting Woman uses her vitiligo as a template for body art Andrea James