Skagit Valley Washington

The Skagit Valley hosts an annual tulip festival every Spring. Skagit is also home to migrating birds, such as snow geese coming down from the Artic in Autumn.

Cueva de los verdes

This means Green Caves in English and is an attraction in the North of Lanzarote. It is a lava tube open to the public in Haria. It was a hideout for locals sheltering from invasions. La Graciosa island is also in the North.

Europe's Most Touristy City

Dubrovnik, Croatia, is Europe's most touristy city. In 2025, it welcomed 6.5m tourists for a city of only 40,000 inhabitants.  Croatia is on the Adriatic Coast.

Creativity Hacks

Change your input to change your output.

Example:

• Read something outside your domain (architecture, anthropology, game design)
• Listen to music you normally wouldn't
• Walk a different route
• Watch a documentary on something you know nothing about

Why it works: novel inputs create new mental connections.

The Creative Confidence Podcast

IDEO's Creative Confidence Podcast is here. Topics covered include Storytelling for Entrepreneurs.

In the above podcast, the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, by Chip and Dan Heath, is referenced.

Creativity is the Highest Calling

There are philosophers and creators who believe creativity is the highest calling.

On the philosopher side:

• Nietzsche - argued that self-creation is the highest human act
• Joseph Campbell - saw creativity as the path to personal myth-making and meaning
• Ken Robinson - argued that creativity is as important as literacy

Overcoming Writer's Block