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Author: Andrew Zahn
I'm a son, husband, dad, business owner, actor and good sleeper/eater.
On this blog, I pave a highway for creative growth by providing food, water, and shelter for those wishing to live, work, and play with creative zest.
Five Winning Mistakes
[box options]“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ― Albert Einstein[/box] 1. Fall Down Remember the first time you rode a bike? You fell, right? How did you learn to ride? By falling. How do we learn to get better? By getting back up… and falling again. 2. Quit Sometimes you have to… Continue reading Five Winning Mistakes
The Forgotten Core of the Creative Process
[box options]This is a guest post from Jared Latigo. Jared is a writer, husband, father and stellar designer. After reading his post, head on over to his site www.JaredLatigo.com and follow him on Twitter. You’ll be glad you did.[/box] When we think of the creative process, we tend to lean toward a list of things… Continue reading The Forgotten Core of the Creative Process
A Cheating Blogger Comes Clean
I’ve a bit of a secret… several secrets actually. I’ve been cheating on you, dear reader. I’ve been moonlighting on several other sites and I just have to come clean. Site One My wife and I run a vblog/blog together deftly titled A Couple Comments. The pitch: us commenting on nouns (we go places, we… Continue reading A Cheating Blogger Comes Clean
Creative Passion: The Antonym of Apathy
[box options]Earlier Letters: Read these letters (here’s Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 if you need to backtrack) as if you wrote them. You are the author. You wrote what you are about to read. You wrote it with your life. Sounds a bit dramatic, eh? It kinda is. Live accordingly.[/box] Dear Me,… Continue reading Creative Passion: The Antonym of Apathy
iPad Performance Art and Other Little-Know Performing Venues
Before heading to work today, I stumbled across two interesting articles that I know you’ll love. Ever thought of “iPad performance art?” Not until now… The first was from the online media site Mashable in a post titled “Former Print Publication Now Produces iPad-Only Performance Art.” iPad Performance Art Video Demo
Stealing Ideas: Burgers on English Muffins
I was reading a few other creativity blogs recently and thought that others may be stealing ideas. “Hmmm. That looks familiar.” Then, as I kept reading, some of the content felt as if I’d written it. “I think they took that off my blog and rewrote it. Rude.” I started to get a wee bit jealous that… Continue reading Stealing Ideas: Burgers on English Muffins
Your Creativity Belief System
I found this infographic quite revealing. 5,000 surveyed 1,000 in each in the US, UK, Germany, France, and Japan Originally posted here (downloadable) Our creativity belief system always dictates our level of creativity. It’s most surprising that only 39% of respondents believe they are creative.
Creative Passion
Dear Me, Just a reminder before you get started: you wrote this post. You wrote this letter. You. Wrote. It. *** Now it’s time to dig a little deeper. Put your fingernails in the the dirt of your creativity. Let them come up grimy and soiled. Feel the cool of the earth and the grounded… Continue reading Creative Passion
Why Your Dreams Die
Dear Me, Hey you! How ya doing? In Day 1 you read a letter you wrote and then ripped the lie apart that you had a crappy life and nothing to offer. In Day 2, you wrote another letter and figured out just when you stopped working for yourself instead of just working for others.… Continue reading Why Your Dreams Die