Category Archives: Creativity

A nice midweek break

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Last night after work I met my friend, Karen, for dinner on the East Side (which is how we Milwaukeeans refer to the area bounded by the lake on the east, the river on the west, Capitol Drive on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books and reading, Creativity, Milwaukee | Tagged Austin Kleon, Boswell Books, David Allen, Done, Fiserv Forum, Getting Things, Milwaukee, Pabst Brewing Company | 2 Comments

Diercks Hall, late March 2019

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I walk the Grohmann Museum’s galleries and climb the atrium’s spiral staircase for exercise when my schedule is tight, starting from the lower level and working my way up to the rooftop garden before taking the elevator back down to … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, Art, Creativity, Life, Milwaukee | Tagged Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall, Grohmann Museum, Grohmann Museum Rooftop Garden, integrating exercise, slow and steady | Leave a comment

Little Free Library #10 – Samson & Delilah Salon

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Stopped by Colectivo at 68th and Wells Streets today to pick up a latte and some of their fabulous Hot Cocoa Mix for home. (Truly, their cocoa is the BEST! And they don’t pay me for this endorsement😄) I was … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, Art, Books and reading, Creativity, Life, Little Free Library, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged Little Free Library, Milwaukee, Samson & Delilah Salon Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa | Leave a comment

The impact of “small” differences

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I happened to look up as I was walking into the Red Arrow Starbucks this morning, and I saw a photo. I took a couple pictures but can’t decide which of these I like best. They’re practically the same, just … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, Photography | Tagged light, lighting, monochrome, photography, photography composition | 3 Comments

What’s in a tagline (Part 2): Changing my blog’s identity AGAIN

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Welcome to KatherineWikoff.com, version 3.0. Today marks the launch of a new tagline for my blog’s “identity,” and I think I’ve FINALLY found something that fits. Version 1.0 Starting out in 2012, I subtitled my blog “Ideas on creativity, innovation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Writing, blogging | Tagged blog identity, blogging, brand, branding, online identity, tagline | 2 Comments

A “Ha-Ha” Aha

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

In reading a book recently, I came across a reference to something I’d never heard of before: a “ha-ha.” This turned out to be a fun little piece of landscape trivia to learn about. A ha-ha is a feature of … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, Books and reading, Creativity, Learning, Life, Nature | Tagged expressions, metaphors | 6 Comments

Some follow-up thoughts on light

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Probably the one thing that fascinates me most about photography is the way light makes or breaks an image. Here are three pictures taken on different days this week. I took the first photo, which I posted yesterday, a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, Photography | Tagged brightness, coherence in photographic image, contrast, hard light, light in photography, photographic image | 2 Comments

Cool things for the kitchen

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I just happened to notice these new products (I think they’re new, anyway) when I was at the grocery store this afternoon. I have to give Reynolds credit; they’ve solved some irritating problems that have annoyed me for years. Have … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Food, Life | Tagged baking, no-stick foil, parchment paper, Reynolds plastic wrap | 4 Comments

Wham! “Freedom” in China

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I heard Wham!’s “Freedom” on the radio while driving yesterday. I’ve always liked this song, but what I’ve especially always remembered about it was its official video, which details the 1980s duo’s groundbreaking trip to China. Wham! was the first Western … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, History, Life, Movies and film, Music, Photography, Political Analysis, Popular culture | Tagged 1980s, China, freedom, pop music, Soviet Union, The Beatles, Wham! | Leave a comment

The Weather Channel’s amazing new “Immersive Mixed Reality”

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

The Weather Channel this week introduced new technology that will add astonishing visual effects to their broadcasts. Check out this Co.Design article, with video, where you can see a demo in which the anchorman barely escapes being crushed by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, News, Popular culture, Technology, Television | Tagged augmented reality, special effects, The Weather Channel, virtual reality, visual effects | 3 Comments