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[caption id="attachment_6163" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via Dmitry Kichenko on Flickr. [/caption] In 1998, designer Bruce Mau wrote a manifesto that changed design and storytelling as we know it.

[caption id="attachment_6147" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo via BLACK HOUSE PROJECT.

[caption id="attachment_6117" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo by Garry Knight. [/caption] John Greengo is the master of explaining everything from ultra basic photography functions to high-level concepts.

[caption id="attachment_6110" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Felix Kunze[/caption] It's been a short week for most of us, but over on our CreativeLive’s YouTube channel, we've packed in a lot of learning. This weekend, take some time to catch up on viewing with videos about everything from how to connect you camera to your smartphone to how to be smart about ordering at meals at restaurants.

For most of us, playing a sold out show to thousands of fans singing along to your songs is nothing more than a lifelong pipe dream. It's a delightful daily daydream during our commute to work, or during those moments when we need to pretend to be somewhere else than where we are at a particular moment.

[caption id="attachment_6092" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] We know that mindfulness can help us be more successful — it can make us better communicators, better employees, and even better friends — but, according to "Foodist" author and PhD Darya Rose, it can also make us physically healthier. The method, which Darya explains was discovered through addiction research, is called "surfing the urge," and, while it seems completely counterintuitive, it really does work, because it essentially handles a craving, rather than avoiding it.

When you consider the scope of human history, it's kind of incredible to think how far photography has come since its birth just a few hundred years ago. From the humble camera obscura to the ridiculously cool technology we all use to shoot now, it's pretty amazing to look back on the history of photography itself and realize just how much has changed, and how much we take for granted.