creativity

Locating the faire outside of the tech-centric Peninsula also brought community members to a part of the Bay Area they may not have visited. “So many people in Vallejo said ‘Thank you for doing it here. It means something and it's a positive thing to happen here in Vallejo.’" Dougherty said. "I think that having the Maker Faire here is a good example of how the community isn't just about San Mateo and San Francisco and Silicon Valley.”

With the amount of pressure we place on ourselves, especially at UC Berkeley, we seldom have time to do things without purpose, just to do things for our well-being. So, here are some tips and tricks to getting back into your hobbies because not everything in life has to be so serious.

This blank book had nothing to do with language: It went beyond that. It was the emptiness of this book that would make space for the author to say exactly what she wanted to say, everything she could ever want to say, forever. 

What does it mean to be creative? What makes something a creative endeavor? Is everything a creative endeavor?

I loved the feeling of it — having things to hide, having invisible strings to pull, the light-hearted manipulation of misdirection.

The vast majority of people dream nightly, even if they can’t recall those dreams in the morning. I’m going to offer some personal reasons why keeping a dream journal can have a positive effect on your physical and mental life. 

So much of our lives are already dictated by school, work, family, friends and societal standards. Creating space for yourself to be creative is essential.

In my Osprey backpack, I spot a journal filled with my messy scribbled notes and the trace of a squished mosquito.

When I buy a notebook, there are so many things I could do with it that I end up getting overwhelmed. Check out these five ways of using your blank notebook!

In hopes I would find my creativity, I decided to challenge myself: 200 words a day for five days, and it didn't quite go as planned — but does it ever?