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Much has been said about how creativity works, its secrets, its origins, and what we can do to optimize ourselves for it. In this excerpt from his fantastic 1991 lecture, John Cleese offers a recipe for creativity, delivered with his signature blend of cultural insight and comedic genius. Specifically, Cleese outlines “the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative”: 1. Space (“You can’t become playful, and therefore creative, if you’re under your usual pressures.”) 2. Time (“It’s not enough to create space; you have to create your space for a specific period of time.”) 3. Time (“Giving your mind as long as possible to come up with something original,” and learning to tolerate the discomfort of pondering time and indecision.) 4. Confidence (“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”) 5. Humor (“The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.”)

Well here we are at the end of February and all hopes of me being able to hang on to any vestage of sanity are lost in a haze of paws ! Celt and Saxon are on the go all day but ohhhh soooo Thankful am I that they sleep at night . Life has become one long walk and play session ! I have , for over 12 years ,belonged to a dog/cat internet site . We always cautioned people NEVER to get TWO puppies at the same time . The exhaustion level a mere human such as myself goes through is why we sa…

An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again." The gentleman replied, "Oh , I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conve…

More observations on getting older...to make you smile on this freezing, snowy day.

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) With respect to all comments concerning the scheduled frontpage redesign we present you a revised edition today. We tried to follow the majorities as well as we tried to respect the minorities. You'll find the release below. Furthermore we've created a group for the pictures, which you are invited to submit for the new frontpage. The new release: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/45978350 The group: www.ipernity.com/group/2341904 2) Even if…

Hello colleagues, I would like to try to put the subject of X3D pictures in the foreground here at Ipernity. If you master it, it is a great experience with addiction.. Who can see this photo in three dimensions? Who wants to learn it? Hallo Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte versuchen, das Thema X3D Bilder auch hier bei Ipernity etwas in den Vordergrund zu rücken. Beherrscht man es, so ist es ein großartiges Erlebnis mit Sucht Gefahr.. Wer kann dieses Foto dreidimensional sehen? We…

Sparked by significant warming in mid September highlighted by a record 91° F reading on September 24th that smashed the previous mark of 89° F set in 1959, the New York City metro region experienced a two-month mini-Spring that lasted until the morning of November 10th when the mercury plunged from a balmy 50° F at the start of the day to a record low of 24° F on the morning of November 11th (breaking the 1933 mark of 29° F). During this two-month period, “fueled by surges of warm air from t…

Having taken operational control of the site it is now time for some strategic considerations and decisions.

Updated to record the 90,000 visit milestone about 2300 (GMT) on 1st November 2018. 89,000 visits about 1200 (BST) on 8th October 2018. 88,000 visits approx. 8th of September 2018. 87,000 visits about 1300 (BST) on 19th August 2018 86,000 visits by early morning on 26th July 2018. 85,000 visit milestone was passed on the 1st of July 2018 (approx.) 84,000 visits were sometime during the first week in June 2018 83,003 visits just after 0745 on 12th May 2018. 82,000 visits just after 0900 on 17th April 2018. 81,000 visits just before 0930 on 24th March 2018, 80,000 visits around 13:30 on 2nd March 2018, 79,000 visits sometime during 9th February 2018, 78,000 visits around 13:30 GMT on 18th January 2018, 77,000 visits at about 11:00 GMT on 28th December 2017, 75,000 visits to my pages around 08:25 GMT on 15th November 2017. Very many thanks to all my visitors, especially for all the comments and favourites. There is an major update in progress (working in batches ) ... Still playing catch-up with 2017 images, some 2018 images are sneaking into the photostream.

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[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Meanwhile IMA has gained access to the ticket log for “Help & Contact” and going forward will address issues. Please understand that we cannot go backwards to past requests, but will do our best to help going forward now. Where there will not be instant answers please be patient. We will be doing our best to answer in a timely manner. 2) Weeks ago people have asked an option to allow free guest accounts for family and friends. We recently di…

Why a user owned and operated platform is probably the best organisation model for a social community both in terms of costs and privacy.

Just a brief article prompted by some comments I've seen people posting regarding difficulties in publishing articles.

To all, Some features such as the translator are currently not available since the IP SA judicial procedure blocked payments for the service. This is a routine legal procedure and we are hopeful this inconvenience will be brief as the proceeding progresses. We appreciate your patience and understanding. On behalf of IMA Eric and William