Life List Stories and Inspiration

I asked:
Which city should I visit in Spain?
Hunch asked…
Would you prefer popular destinations?
I replied off the beaten track. Then Hunch asked:
What’s the main objective of your visit?
Of course I replied “eating and drinking.”
And voila, towns I’d never heard that sound like the stuff of Greek mythology of showed up - Donostia and Felanitx. Very intriguing…and [...]

Tips for Toy Voices

Did you ever imagine that one day your voice could be part of a toy? It can, with just a few lessons in creating characters, and now a class called Voices for Toys, taught as part of the Character voices offerings at Voice One in San Francisco.
They gave me permission to reprint [...]

Wow the Academy of Art has a bunch of free art workshops for adults and youngsters. Applications need to be received by June 30th.
Workshops offered in:

Advertising
Animation & Visual Effects
Fashion
Fine Art
Foundations

Game Design
Graphic Design
Illustration
Industrial Design
Interior Architecture & Design

Motion Pictures & Television
Multimedia Communications
Photography
Web Design & New Media

If you have a goal to invent something, here are some really fun opportunities for aspiring inventors, directly from Everyday Edisons newsletter . (Last year I pitched at Everyday Edisons and it was really fun! A great chance to hone a 2 minute pitch too.)
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Today a New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell caught my eye: The Uses of Adversity: Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage?
The focus of the article is a man named Sidney Weinberg who rose from poverty to being a mover and shaker for Goldman Sachs as well as to many business leaders.
“The rags-to-riches story—that staple of [...]