Articles
The Creative Life Isn't Just for Artists
You don't have to be a professional artist to live creatively. If you save inspiration, rearrange rooms, or just notice when something looks right, you already are. Here's your permission slip.
Beyond the White Walls: How We’re Using Creativity to Reclaim Childhood for Sick Children
15-year-old founder and author Ayona Jaswal shares how her youth-led organization, The Kindness and Smile Zone, uses art and storytelling to help sick children reclaim their identities.
Call for Entries: The 2026 In Focus Creative Youth Contest
Canadian youth-led non-profit World in Focus announces their 2026 Creative Art Contest. Open internationally to youth ages 10-18 for writing and visual arts. Enter by April 4th, 2026.
forms for formlessness | the art of omıdynamıcs°
Earth-based creator and visual artist omidynamics discusses exploring consciousness, and the dynamics of reality through introspective fractal art and symbolism.
Failing Forward: The Painful Lessons of My First Self-Published Novel
Jamaican fantasy author Christopher Valentine shares the harsh but necessary lessons he learned from self-publishing his first novel, Damara the Valiant, and how Stan Lee's creative philosophy shaped his writing.
Artist Adil Mukhi on Systems Thinking, Innovation, and Environmental Art
Youth advocate and artist Adil Mukhi explores the tension between human ambition and environmental consequence through his mixed-media watercolor piece, Veins of Progress.