Albert Einstein once famously quoted that “creativity is intelligence having fun”. Although creativity is often associated with the arts, it is actually a vital form of intelligence that drives people in many disciplines to discover something new and do something that is out of the box. …

Sarah Dessen put it in simple words yet something that are at the foundation of what we do for those whom we really like in our life — “Best gifts comes from the heart and not from stores.” Hi Vartika, Vartika this side, it’s quite subliminal every time I say that knowing how rare this name is and then to have someone I share this name with to be a wonderful friend as well. …

Do you remember how you felt the last time you were working on a creative project? It could be art, whether painting, coloring, illustration or a craft like knitting, crochet, macrame, clay modeling, needlework. I’m sure you would remember some positive feelings whether it’s the joy from creating something or…

“To make the flower look more beautiful and natural, try to make it appear half-dried” — My teacher instructed the day before the intermediate drawing examination. While one might associate the drying of a flower, a tree without leaves, the mark on the moon with sadness or deficiency; for an…

Everyone likes a good story. Be it through cinema, blogs, and radio in modern times or through art and craft. After all, it is a form of entertainment, it enlightens and it’s a part of being a human being. Studies say storytelling is at the core of human existence. An…

For years we’ve been hearing terms like “mid-life crisis” or even “existential crisis”, casually. It usually doesn’t make sense unless you reach a stage when you look around and realize, everyone around you is just like you, exhausted, worn out, looking for happiness and running a race which doesn’t seem…

To begin with I would like to mention an incident from Paulo Coelho’s book ‘Like the Flowing River.’ Paulo saw a lady on the London street walking with ski poles as though he was skiing on the snow. When he learnt that it was actually a workout technique, he too…

I read and I’m now re-reading 😊 a fantastic book on habits called THE POWER OF HABIT BY CHARLES DUHIGG. I am sure a lot of you would have read this book. Personally, I really like to read books that explore the reasons behind why we do what we do…

Our previous article highlighted the barriers to creativity we identified in our research with adults which led us to our problem statement: How might we inspire, nudge and support adults to start and be consistent in pursuing creativity? In our design, we saw this more as a behavioural challenge as…