Hayley's Scrunchie

Creative Styles Ted Talks A pretty cat Source Boundless freedom isn't helpful, you need restrictions to be creative = creative restraints Solutions must recognize limitations in order to innovate, like how to reach a goal when you know this specific thing needs work Joseph Campbell wrote about the hero's journey, a cycle every storybook hero goes through to complete her tasks and save the day. not every story hits all the points, but generally follows that pattern The order of the journey, same for Harry Potter to Odysseus call to adventure - hero starts off in their town, then leaves assistance - some figure helps the hero with advice or training departure - hero leaves for the mission trials - slaying monsters, challenges approach - face the biggest monster  crisis - hero is dead or almost dead, but reborn treasure - hero wins and gets a power result - does hero succeed or not return - goes back to home life new life - how the hero has changed resoluti...

Beautiful sentences. These sentences caught my attention by either describing things beautifully or having a certain style. A lot of them were long, but instead of rambling they were super descriptive and you could perfectly picture these scenes. ~~~~ A flowing river, Source "The clear chattering stream is seen emerging from its wild mountain home, dashing over the high precipice into the shadows of a deep gorge, flinging upwards, as it falls, clouds of tremulous spray, which wreathe and coil around majestic rocks, creating countless small rainbows which dance and quiver in a maze of palms and ferns and blossoming shrubs." “The place is so remote and so still, as if every sound had been awed into a hush, except the thunderous boom of the torrent with its distant echoes moaning and shrieking like a spirit in anguish, that the whole locality seems weird and uncanny, suggestive of terrible possibilities” “She rose distractedly, and, running to the edge of the p...

Portrayal of animals/symbols Tiger King, "great strength by which he would be able to subdue the turbulent beasts" strong but dumb, self absorbed and didn't pay attention to the other animals kind of creepy wanting to marry someone so young alone, does not have family or friends licks a tree monkeys tricky, wanting to mess with the king tiger and don't approve of him "audacious" "mischief" "cunning" they all band together to protect each other, very much a family Cute bird, Source tree not an animal, but sort of a character  old, malevolent, stoic, "serious menace to the world" thick branches, dark leaves, largest in the forest everyone is afraid of it, hard tough wood bird small, chirpy, encourages the wood choppers loud, positive, good vibes only "thus ka phreit, the smallest of all birds, helped mankind to bring back sunshine and prosperity to this world' deer noble, ...