Some incredibly inspiring words of wisdom from actor Rainn Wilson, speaking on camera for Big Think

I Originally found this while cruising through this insightful post entitled “How to Steal Like an Artist”. While I don’t agree 100% with everything Austin has to say about the nature of the creative process, he nails a lot of good stuff right on the head, including this gem:

All of the above work is made by artist Andrew Myers.
For a full review and more photos of his screw art recent projects, visit My Modern Metropolis.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/thousands-of-screws-make-a-3d

http://www.kickstarter.com/

Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors.

We believe that…

• A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.
• A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.

Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
We are complementing Salman’s ever-growing library with user-paced exercises–developed as an open source project–allowing the Khan Academy to become the free classroom for the world.

Brilliant and innovative.