*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab as well as musings about art, creativity and imagination. A little less than a year ago, I moved. Moving means that you have to systematically go through everything you own- … Continue reading Making Magic: Making Memories
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab as well as musings about art, creativity and imagination. I’m writing this on New Year’s Day and thinking about all of the resolutions that people make at this time of … Continue reading Making Magic: Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab as well as musings about art, creativity and imagination. Recently, I watched Patti Smith’s Nobel Prize ceremony performance of Bob Dylan’s A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall. Smith was chosen to … Continue reading Making Magic: Keeping it Real
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab. If you’re a creative person, you know there is nothing better than learning something that expands your idea of what you can do with your work. And if you’ve been … Continue reading Making Magic: Laser Art
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab. Take a minute and think about the most meaningful gifts you’ve ever received or given. If you were to list them my guess is that few, if any, of those … Continue reading Making Magic: The Spirit of Giving
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab. Every time I hear Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah it slowly moves through me like a wave building, cresting, breaking, and then retreating to leave behind an inner landscape that is a … Continue reading Making Magic: Thoughts on Leonard Cohen and the Power of Song
*This post is part of Free for All’s “Making Magic” series, which will focus on Kelley’s exploration of the opportunities in the library’s Creativity Lab. Right now, our country is hurting. Whether your candidate won or lost last Tuesday, you know that there is a deep divide, that people feel misunderstood by those who don’t … Continue reading Making Magic: Making Peace