{"id":15558,"date":"2011-01-21T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T10:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15558"},"modified":"2011-01-21T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T10:14:58","slug":"what-is-being-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15558","title":{"rendered":"What is being creative?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18079655?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\"   width=\"398\" height=\"224\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A reflection on What it means to be creative by Kristian Larsenmm featuring  a unique  phone design-concept. Music by <a href=\"http:\/\/blackdoveaudio.com\">Palmer Taylor<\/a>, via<a href=\"http:\/\/lenkendall.posterous.com\/what-is-being-creative-plus-excellent-flip-sm\"> Lenkendall <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reflection on What it means to be creative by Kristian Larsenmm featuring a unique phone design-concept. 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