After years of threatening, I’ve finally started a podcast: Re-Creative. Actually, that’s not really true. My co-host, Joe Mahoney, is really the one to credit… The post Introducing Re-Creative, a podcast about creativity and the art that inspires it appeared first on mark a. rayner.
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mark a. rayner: Creativity, A Short and Cheerful Guide
“Anyone can be creative!” This happy idea is the central thesis of John Cleese’s pithy treatise on how to be creative. The book really is… The post Creativity, A Short and Cheerful Guide appeared first on mark a. rayner.
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The recently released book, Jam This Game, explores concepts of creativity and creation in the world of game design. You may find it challenging tot be creative on demand and this book wants to help you overcome that hurdle. The book is about the games industry however the chapters on
Continue readingThings Are Good: Want to be more Creative? Use a Schedule
Depictions of creativity in popular culture show people getting a sudden spark or realization that sets them off. The creative idea or moment arrives randomly. Unfortunately that’s not the best way to approach a creative process, instead you should use a schedule. It might sound odd that in order to
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Major Media White Washes Yellow Vests Movement and Convoy to Ottawa: Ignores Racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Misogyny Endemic to Reactionary Movement
On Tuesday last week, "The National" on CBC uncritically profiled the Yellow Vests movement and provided a forum for overt hate groups such as the former Nouns of Odin now going by the name the Clann. There was little to no mention of the racism rife within the movement and
Continue readingScripturient: Storytelling cubes
You don’t expect Wal Mart to be the source for literary tools, but if you amble into the section crammed with toys, you can pick up a set of Rory’s Story Cubes for just $10 (the base set). Now, I realize these are meant as a creative game for children
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Southern Ontario Skins: A Cast of Stooges Part XII
It's been a while since ARC has published a story about our favorite, bumbling, bonehead, basket-cases (I was going for some alliteration for humorous effect …. it sort of works if you're willing to be charitable). The reason for this is mostly because there hasn't been all that much to
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Court Appearance for Michelle Erstikaitis
Michelle Erstikaitis appeared in court today and has been charged with attempted murder. In a previous court appearance, Ms. Erstikaitis had with her an item that might make her friends Paulie and Canadian Creativity Movement leader Wes Smith scratch their heads a bit:
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But the designated dangerous offender was clutching a Qur’an as she appeared briefly in an Old City Hall courtroom Tuesday to face charges for allegedly slashing a U.S. Consulate security guard.
Not that we actually believe for a moment she is a Muslim now, just as we questioned her commitment to the cause of “White Nationalism.”
Still, isn’t it interesting that Paulie, who had inexplicably championed her for years, has remained silent?
Things that make you go, hmmmm.
Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Soldiers of Odin: Canadians United 4 Canada Ally With Overt Neo-Nazis
On March 7, the founder of the Facebook group Canadians United 4 Canada posted the following message in which she offered her unreserved support for the Soldiers of Odin (SOO).The Soldiers of Odin (SOO) began in Finland as a vigilante group ostensibly …
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: "Cobbsville Redux" or "The Sequel is Usually Worse Than the Original": Part II
When we last looked at Craig Cobb's North Dakota efforts, he had set his sights on a new town. Antler, population 20 (give or take) is just a hop, skip, and jump over the Canadian border and a 50 minute drive from this writer's home town. Unable to resist attention,
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Insanity: 1. the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.2. (Law) such unsoundness of mind as frees one from legal responsibility, as for committing a crime, or as signals one's lack of legal capacity, as for entering into a contractual agreement.3. extreme foolishness;
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Southern Ontario Skins: A Cast of Stooges Part XII
It has been a while since we last wrote about London's Southern Ontario "Skinheads." In truth, they had been rather boring of late which isn't necessarily a bad thing since that generally means they aren't getting into trouble. We've heard rumors that some of the members had moved on and
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: How Is Paulie’s Campaign Going? Also, A Contest With Real Cash Prize
In one month, Paulie will go down in flames (again) after another election. Then again, winning the election isn't really why Paulie is running: Yes, yes, we are indeed a cynical lot. But if Paulie can be considered to be good at anything, it is shamelessly promoting himself to his
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Southern Ontario Skinheads Outed
First, and in deference to our friends who actually ARE skinheads, it needs to be made clear that no one in the SOS is actually a skinhead. They've co-opted the look and, to a degree, very selected elements of the skinhead culture, but it's only window dressing. They are, and
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: May 2014 Bits and Bites
This will be relatively short. First, we would like to provide our readers with what looks to be a bit of a preview: We have a feeling that the lives of the Southern Ontario Skinheads are about to become a lot more public and, perhaps, a lot less comfortable. And
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: McKee Associate Convicted and Sentenced in Violent Attack
Leave to go camping a for five days and look at what we missed. There are a few stories of particular interest to our readers, such as the anti-immigration flyers in Brampton and the "Free Matt Hale" posters being put up by Wes Smith and his friends in the Southern
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Tone Deaf: Southern Ontario Skinheads Post Videos of March
Sometimes, it really is fun to watch the boneheads self-destruct all on their own. Either through infighting or through ultimately counterproductive behavior, the final result is inevitable. Take the blowback from the failed "White Man's March" that took place last month. The event was really an unmitigated disaster no matter
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: White Man’s March and Canadian Factionalism
You know, we have to admit to having a bit of a soft spot for Sebastian Ronin of the grandiose sounding Renaissance Party of North America. Sure, he's an unjustifiably arrogant bigot with delusions of grandeur, but when he is able to provoke reactions from boneheads such as this particular
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Southern Ontario Skinheads Gone Walkabout in Kingston
On March 15, boneheads around North America participated in an event called, “The White Man’s March.” Well, “participated” might not be an accurate description of what happened on that day. What might be a more accurate description is that a lot of boneheads talked about participating in, “The White Man’s
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paul Fromm Goes to Bat For…. Michelle Erstikaitis???: Part VIII – Fromm Doesn’t Understand How Prison Works
Back in June 2013, Wes Smith of the Toronto chapter of the Creativity Movement interviewed an individual who was brought to our attention by Paul Fromm who INSISTED that her legal troubles were as a result of her "White Nationalist" political views and not because she was a violent sociopath.
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