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  • The Little Things We Take For Granted; Creating Food For All
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    The Little Things We Take For Granted; Creating Food For All

    ByMelinda August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

    Feeding a world with a skyrocketing population has been a problem for decades. This is a challenge many have tackled, while…

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  • You’ve Just Got to Read It!
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    You’ve Just Got to Read It!

    ByMelinda July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

    Favorite Day! One of my favorite books of all time is The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle. Creativity truly comes alive…

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  • Character Voice and Perception; Given or Created?
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    Character Voice and Perception; Given or Created?

    ByMelinda July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

    As I mentioned in an earlier post, movies often destroy a good book because the movie you played in your head…

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  • The Creative Inspiration of Nature
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    The Creative Inspiration of Nature

    ByMelinda July 28, 2025July 28, 2025

    What is the last really creative thing you have seen? Was is a book? A movie? A piece of art? Music?…

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  • Innovative Communities Adapting to Climate Change
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    Innovative Communities Adapting to Climate Change

    ByMelinda July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

    Today is a hats off prize for innovation! I was watching The Whole Story by Anderson Cooper, which isn’t researched or…

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  • The Impact of Anthropomorphizing on Character Connection
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    The Impact of Anthropomorphizing on Character Connection

    ByMelinda July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

    Anthropomorphize: to give inanimate objects, or non-human things, human like qualities. This is the bread and butter of fantasy writing. It’s…

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  • Exploring Optical Illusions: Unlock Your Creative Mind
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    Exploring Optical Illusions: Unlock Your Creative Mind

    ByMelinda July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

    I love optical illusions. Looking at common things in a new way, or making common things appear in a unique way…

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  • The Beauty of Southwest Deserts and East Coast Forests
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    The Beauty of Southwest Deserts and East Coast Forests

    ByMelinda July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

    I had lived in the south western part of the US for most of my life. While I loved being in…

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  • Unlocking Creativity: The Key To Future Innovation
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    Unlocking Creativity: The Key To Future Innovation

    ByMelinda July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

    I was shocked when I first heard someone got a PhD in creativity. I didn’t know this was something studied to…

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  • AI Character Creator or Your Imagination
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    AI Character Creator or Your Imagination

    ByMelinda July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

    “They were silent except for the whistling of the wind they created with their quickly flapping wings and heavy panting when…

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