by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Poetry
It’s the end of the year—a time to play with new ideas for next year. And one of the ideas I have is for an art project, or more specifically, a poetry project: Create a large-scale poetic work based on the Manhattan Project. I haven’t yet decided on the form....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
There’s something called “The Rule of Odds” in design, which states that visually an odd number of items are more appealing than an even number of items. Why is this, and why does this usually manifest as 3 items, rather than 1, 5, or 7 items? First, I speculate...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
What are we to do with things with flaws? Often the flaws can be fixed. Sometimes the flaws can be ignored. But occasionally the flaws are so damaging—such as a chip at the lip of one of my favorite coffee mugs, as seen in the photo above—they will require that thing...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
I go to the symphony for two reasons. First, it fulfills one of my weekly tasks: an “artist’s date.” As described by Julia Cameron, an artist’s date is a weekly creative outing—taken solo, to inspire oneself. It’s usually centered around an artistic skill...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing
Early morning is when I am most creative. I get out of bed before 5 a.m., no alarm is needed. It’s dark and quiet (despite living in a busy downtown area), and giving me an opportunity to be distraction-free for a couple of hours. I do one of two things in this...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Photography
The black and white photograph above, which I created the other day, is called “Grey Sky.” Let’s face it: it’s a boring photograph. Now, technically it’s not too bad. It’s cropped appropriately at the corners, the sky is the intentional, dominant subject, and the...
