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Shannon Christensen • Artist & Creativity Author

Holiday Sandwich Food Board - Creative Brain Food

11/25/2019

End up with holiday guests or just needing another meal to serve family or friends? This Sandwich Food Board (from my Creative Brain Food Series) is a life saver. Last minute and it looks like you had it planned all along. It can be made with any type of sandwich makings that you like. All the ingredients can even be had precooked from the deli section. See the shopping list below.

If you need some help just follow the photo for placement. Super easy to put together. Good eating!

Shopping List -
Roast Beef
Chicken
Salami
Prosciutto
Bacon

Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Onions
Pickled Onions
Lettuce
Avocado

Provolone Cheese
Port Salut Cheese
Bread
Walnuts
Spread-
Ricotta
Cream Cheese
Mix 1/2 & 1/2

Creative Life Tip #103 Thoughts on Cleaning - Make More Time

11/12/2019

Creative Life Tip #103 Thoughts on Cleaning - Make More Time

A series of studies done in the Netherlands in 2008 showed that the presence of graffiti doubled the likelihood that passersby would litter or steal an envelope with a small sum of money in it.

Fetell Lee, Ingrid. Joyful (p. 107). Little, Brown and Company. Kindle Edition.

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Creative Life Tip #102 Creativity & Perfection is a Lifetime Process

11/10/2019

Creative Life Tip #102 Creativity & Perfection is a Lifetime Process

"Quickly I caution that [perfection] is not an obtainable goal in one step or one day or one year. It itakes a lifetime." Barbara B. Smith

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Creative Life Tip #101 Work the Internal/External Deadlines

11/10/2019

Facebook Live Video - Creative Life Tip #101 Work the Internal/External Deadlines

"By giving yourself deadlines to tackle tough creative challenges that are in tune with your imagination, you'll do your best work."
Creative Calling, Chase Jarvis

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Sketchnote & Process Video for Creative Life Tip Video #70 Get An Idea Notebook

11/9/2019

I learn a lot from watching someone do something. It cuts some of the learning time. So, here's a process video of doing a Sketchnote on my iPad Pro using the Procreate app. This sketchnote corresponds with Creative Life Tip Video #70

Sketchnote for Creative Life Tip Video #70 Get an Idea Notebook © Shannon Christensen

Creative Life Tip #100 Make One Space Special

11/9/2019

Facebook Live Video - Creative Life Tip #100 Make One Space Special

"...a home [can] be a venue for daily experiences of surprise, allowing its inhabitants to regularly rediscover the joys of their own home."
Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee

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Creative Life Tip #99 Build a Creative Library

11/9/2019

Creative Life Tip #99 Build a Creative Library

"When I realized that no one was going to mentor me the way I'd always imagine, I turned to books.... Books are mentorship at scale. The best part is, you can be mentored by the greatest minds in history if you're willing to crack the pages of a book."
Creative Calling, Chase Jarvis

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Creative Life Tip #98 I Don't Know What I'm Doing - Yeah, You're an Artist

11/9/2019

Facebook Live Video - Creative Life Tip #98 I Don't Know What I'm Doing - Yeah, You're an Artist

"As psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who has interviewed creative people across various fields points out, creative people "show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. They contain contradictory extremes; instead of being an "individual," each of them is a "multitude."
Scott Barry Kaufman

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Creative Life Tip #97 Be a Social Animal - Join a Peer Group

11/9/2019

Facebook Live Video - Creative Life Tip #97 Be a Social Animal - Join a Peer Group

"We desperately need to connect with others.... We become more fully ourselves when we are in a community of others creators." Creative Calling, Chase Jarvis

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Creative Life Tip #96 Pitch Perfect - Tips for Making a Creative Pitch

11/9/2019

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"When you communicate with passion, you make people feel like they can do more, be more and become more." Fascinate, Sally Hogshead

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Creative Life Tip #95 Let Your Beliefs Come Through in Your Art

11/9/2019

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"These women [Mary Teasdale, Alice Merrill Horne, Rose Hartwell] were large influences on the history of art for the LDS faith and for the State of Utah. their portraits often reflected scenes of their upbringing and faith which made them teachers and roles models in Utah."

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Shannon Christensen in Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Copenhagen to see Carl Bloch painting, The Resurrection

11/3/2019

We spent the last week in Copenhagen, Denmark. This was one of our stops to see this Carl Bloch altarpiece. He's a fave of mine and there were several to see in his country of origin. Almost 150 year old painting still in its intended viewing place. What a great opportunity to see it up close.

Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Copenhagen. Carl Bloch painting, The Resurrection