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So I’m back to this thread after a turn at the wheel. What am I up to now? I’m teaching part-time at Stanford a class on creativity. I’m also writing (at a sn

by jbcass 6y ago

So I’m back to this thread after a turn at the wheel. What am I up to now? I’m teaching part-time at Stanford a class on creativity. I’m also writing (at a snails pace) an adventure novel. And I spend a lot of the summer in a little town along a river in Idaho. Where we’re driving right now...

mysterydip 6y ago
Can you give a synopsis of what you teach in your course? How do you teach someone to be creative? I had the "juggling for the complete klutz" book growing up, had a lot of fun with it. Thanks!
nstart 6y ago
Hi John. Wanted to share a story of appreciation! I've actually got the Klutz friendship bracelet book sitting right next to me. My sister got it as a gift when we were kids (17 years ago) and I appropriated it when she didn't use it after a year. That book not only gave me a lifetime hobby, but it also helped me create my first business at the age of 15. Helped me learn the lesson that if you deliver quality, you can sell a product at 20x the market rate. I would sell the totem pole bracelet designs at a premium to my friends who wanted it for their girlfriends. I'd sell chevrons and other diagonal based patterns to friends who wanted their school flag colours. Sold the latter at a premium too because the material I got with the Klutz book didn't fray after the first wash (helped me decide what materials to continue to purchase later on). All this helped pay for several shows and sporting events I wanted to go to. I continued to make bracelets for my girlfriend (now wife) and those ones are seated on the table in our bedroom. That book created a ton of good memories. But it got left behind when I left home when I was getting married :( . Recently I discovered it at home and the clip (rusty) still works. And now I'm teaching my 4 and a half year old son the art of friendship bracelets too. All that from 1 book. Thank you for all the memories given and the memories to come.
wyclif 6y ago
I also learned how to juggle from your book as a kid. I tried to find somebody to teach me, but I didn't know anybody who could juggle and this was before the internet! What really broke it open for me was the instruction to first learn to juggle two objects with one hand, I had actually never thought about trying that. I remember after practicing for a while my Mom saw me juggling the three bags in our backyard and she asked me 'where did you learn that?' and when I told her 'from a book' she thought I was fibbing and bragging! Thanks a million! I have totally positive and favourable memories and impressions of your books.

by jbcass 6y ago

mysterydip 6y ago

Can you give a synopsis of what you teach in your course? How do you teach someone to be creative? I had the "juggling for the complete klutz" book growing up, had a lot of fun with it. Thanks!

nstart 6y ago

Hi John. Wanted to share a story of appreciation! I've actually got the Klutz friendship bracelet book sitting right next to me. My sister got it as a gift when we were kids (17 years ago) and I appropriated it when she didn't use it after a year. That book not only gave me a lifetime hobby, but it also helped me create my first business at the age of 15. Helped me learn the lesson that if you deliver quality, you can sell a product at 20x the market rate. I would sell the totem pole bracelet designs at a premium to my friends who wanted it for their girlfriends. I'd sell chevrons and other diagonal based patterns to friends who wanted their school flag colours. Sold the latter at a premium too because the material I got with the Klutz book didn't fray after the first wash (helped me decide what materials to continue to purchase later on). All this helped pay for several shows and sporting events I wanted to go to. I continued to make bracelets for my girlfriend (now wife) and those ones are seated on the table in our bedroom. That book created a ton of good memories. But it got left behind when I left home when I was getting married :( . Recently I discovered it at home and the clip (rusty) still works. And now I'm teaching my 4 and a half year old son the art of friendship bracelets too. All that from 1 book. Thank you for all the memories given and the memories to come.

wyclif 6y ago

I also learned how to juggle from your book as a kid. I tried to find somebody to teach me, but I didn't know anybody who could juggle and this was before the internet! What really broke it open for me was the instruction to first learn to juggle two objects with one hand, I had actually never thought about trying that. I remember after practicing for a while my Mom saw me juggling the three bags in our backyard and she asked me 'where did you learn that?' and when I told her 'from a book' she thought I was fibbing and bragging! Thanks a million! I have totally positive and favourable memories and impressions of your books.