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by Creative Spark
A guest post by Heidi Wagner, an incredible photographer and activist, the founder of The Passions Project. Heidi reflects on Creative Spark's 2023...
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by Creative Spark
A guest post by Heidi Wagner, an incredible photographer and activist, the founder of The Passions Project. Heidi reflects on Creative Spark's 2023...
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by Jessica McCracken
Last month, Creative Spark presented Creating Joy at Work with the American Society on Aging conference. The room was packed, it was amazing. Every...
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by Creative Spark
In our annual Creative Aging Symposium, Jessica McCracken led Pause for Play, where we explored playful poetry prompts for a perspective shift. (Ho...
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by Jessica McCracken
A new year brings with it pressure to set resolutions, which often lead to disappointment in ourselves. Instead of setting a resolution, let's sup...
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by Jessica McCracken
*Jetsons meme, unknown author
“Those of us who are willing to rumble with vulnerability will not be threatened by the rise of the machines, becaus...
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by Katie Wade
The past year, I've thought a lot about 'the pause' as part of creativity. It's easy to judge ourselves when we aren't in the active development pa...
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by Jessica McCracken
“What if instead of seeing aging as something to defeat and conquer, we were to embrace what gets better with age, and work to amplify these joys w...
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by Jessica McCracken
“Movement is emotion,” Alice shared as I traced her outstretched arm. She wanted a gesture that expressed joy in motion. Alice has been moving her...
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by Creative Spark
By guest blogger, SharonM “Auntie Afrika”
"The one thing that continues to resonate with me from the Creative Aging Symposium 2022 was the sense of...
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by Creative Spark
From Gayle Wanamaker
Gayle wrote this poetic response to the Creative Aging Symposium 2022, where jazz composer and pianist Tammy Hall performed he...
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by Jessica McCracken
I once attended a training on care partnerships and memory loss where the trainer referred to the image of a skipping record. The idea was - when s...
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