Travel theme: Creative

Hot on the heels of February’s Snowdrop Festival, spring has burst out all over the place in a riot of colour.

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Inspired by nature’s flurry of creativity, I thought it’d be interesting to celebrate other kinds of creativity, starting with this very creative entry into the annual Power Tool Drag Races in Seattle’s Georgetown.

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A flirty Italian barista gets creative with his coffee art in Rome on Valentine’s Day.

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Creating a sweater from wool hot off the sheep at the Sheep Olympics in Wexford, Ireland.

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Art for art’s sake at the Beltane Festival on the Hill of Uisneach.

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Humans were born to be creative, as demonstrated by the ancient peoples of Mesa Verde who decorated their cliff dwellings with petroglyphs.

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xxx Ailsa

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilton Pearce

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize, and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. – Salvador Dali

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