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Weekly Creativity #170: Paint or Draw a Scene from a Dream.

Post Published September 20, 2021 by Sage Millen

Paint or draw a scene from a dream.
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Mary Poppins

Art Age 13 Published September 1, 2021 by Sage Millen

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Weekly Creativity #167: Take a Picture that Represents Your Understanding of “Home”

Post Published August 30, 2021 by Sage Millen

Take a photo that represents your understanding of home. This could mean a place, a “feeling”, or even a person.
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Weekly Creativity #165: Sketch What You Think You Will Look Like when You’re Eighty Years Old

Post Published August 9, 2021 by Sage Millen

Sketch what you think you will look like when you’re eighty years old.
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Weekly Creativity #162: Take a Photo of a Wild Animal in Motion

Post Published July 19, 2021 by Sage Millen

Take a photo of a wild animal in motion.
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Weekly Creativity #158: Take a Photo Where the Subject Seems Out of Place or Breaks a Pattern

Post Published June 21, 2021 by Sage Millen

Take a photo where the subject seems out of place or breaks a pattern (for example, a daffodil in a field of daisies).
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By the Glow of a Thousand Candles

Art Age 13 Published June 20, 2021 by Sage Millen

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Weekly Creativity #156 | Flash Contest #32: Write a First Person Story Based on a Grandparent/Older Friend’s Memory

Post Published June 7, 2021 by Sage Millen

Interview a grandparent or older friend about a memorable moment from their childhood. Then, turn that memory into a first-person story, written from their point of view.
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Writing Creativity #152: Write a Story as if You Can’t See

Post Published May 12, 2021 by Sage Millen

Write a story as if you can’t see. Describe the characters and their surroundings using every sense other than sight.
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Girl in the Sun

Art Age 13 Published April 27, 2021 by Sage Millen

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Weekly Creativity #147 | Flash Contest #30: Visit the Same Place Every Day for a Week and Document what You See

Post Published April 5, 2021 by Sage Millen

Visit the same place—precisely the same location—multiple times a day, or at the same time every day for a week. Document what you see through photography, other art forms, or writing!
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A photograph of a dancer silhouetted against the sunset sky.

Artist Portfolio: Sage Millen

Art Age 12 Published February 16, 2021 by Sage Millen

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A Vividly Eccentric Girl – Feb. 13, 2021

Post Age 13 Published February 15, 2021 by Sage Millen

At first glance, she seemed like a pack of highlighters had coloured her body. A strange, vividly eccentric girl, she stood in the center of the crowd, and yet seemed so separate from it.
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An aerial photograph of a snowy landscape.

Cracks and Fissures

Art Age 12 Published November 22, 2020 by Sage Millen

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A photograph of an otherworldly lake with bright blue water and an orange shore.

Rainbow Lake

Art Published August 22, 2020 by Sage Millen

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A photograph of a peregrine falcon taking flight.

Uplift

Art Published April 1, 2020 by Sage Millen

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A photograph of a dancer silhouetted against a sunset reflected in a pond.

Cloud Dancer

Art Published March 19, 2020 by Sage Millen

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A photograph of a beach of black sand, dotted with smooth black pebbles.

Eternal Hourglass

Art Published January 1, 2020 by Sage Millen

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A photograph of stalactites lit dramatically against a black background.

Black and White

Art Published December 1, 2019 by Sage Millen

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Slipping into Sunbeams, by Sage Millen, 11

Post Published November 1, 2019 by Sage Millen

When I began composing this song, I started with a motif- the few notes of melody on which a song is based. Next, I messed around on the keyboard until elaborated the melody, added a B section, and re...
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