Wily Walnut’s Blog 2.0

Loving the post about citta slow in Ludlow over at: Readers write — New lifestyle trends

Shows what a few beers and a playful attitude with a focus on strengths can do to unleash creative thinking.

See how one place inspires another place to adopt town and city planning with a focus on relaxation and quality of life — surely the way towns and cities should be designed — to enhance the experience of the peoples living and visiting there?

A press release from a Chinese online tutorial service gives strength to the Chinese governments decision to focus on moving from a memory-based education system to one that cultivates and encourages creative thinking.

Many people in the West naievely cling onto the idea that the West has some kind of monopoly on creativity. They see all the manufacturing and business wealth moving East and pacify themselves with the thought that we will retain our preeminence in the global economy through creative thinking.

China is packed with people who are bursting at the seams to express the full depths of their creativity, and are already doing so. We saw that at the Olympics. Once they get a government-backed education system that actively fosters creativity and innovation as well… aye-yay-yay!

Shouldn’t we in the West be cultivating our own creativity more actively at the school level too?

Here’s the release:

China Education Resources Announces the Launch of its Combined Internet and Offline Tutoring Programs in China

Swiss amateur skydiver, Olivier Vietti-Teppa, made a successful jump over the weekend using a parachute based on Leonardo da Vinci’s design from 523 years ago!

He jumped from a hovering helicopter at 650 metres (2,130 feet) on Saturday and the Leonardo da Vinci parachute opened as planned at 600 metres above a Geneva airport.

Da Vinci’s parachute design consisted of four equilateral triangles forming a pyramid and was featured in a notebook dating from 1485.

For full story: Leonardo da Vinci parachute jump

Hey Guys,

Drop what you are doing and go and check out this crazy Dutch online store:

 http://producten.hema.nl/

Let the page load properly and turn your speakers on!

I LOVE THIS!

Wily

(great design creativity and humor!)

PS. Thanks to Grand Design’s Kevin McCloud for the heads up on this very funny site!