Time: January 13, 2012 Setting: Costa Concordia, Island of Giglio, Italy (the setting could also be ‘your mind’) Cast: Coast Guard: Captain Gregorio De Falco (think of De Falco as ‘your coach’) Ship Captain: Captain Francesco Schettino (think of Schettino as ‘reasoning’) *** Know Who You Are De Falco: “This is De Falco from Livorno.… Continue reading Creativity and the Costa Concordia: Get on the Ship
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.
The Artist’s Double Life: The Day Job
Feeling bifurcated? Jekyll and sometimes Hyde? Creatives often live a life that mirrors our cell phone plans: we spend our ‘peak minutes’ at a day job while our ‘off peak minutes’ (nights and weekends) afford us little time to get our creativity fix. As a creative do you ever feel like this pic to the right?… Continue reading The Artist’s Double Life: The Day Job
Value of Art
[box options]Today’s guest post is by producer Jason Mundok at The Wood Stove House. I enjoyed working with him on a recent project, The 24 Hour Plays and will be participating in his podcast series “Conversations” later this month. Enjoy![/box] The Value of Art At the Wood Stove House, we have immersed ourselves in the performing arts over the past… Continue reading Value of Art
Living a Better Creative Story
I heard about a guy once who wrote a book about his journey and other things and a lot of his sentences started like I started this one. *** The grammar, incomplete sentences and all the boring (but geekily important) stuff about writing correctly drove me nuts while reading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in… Continue reading Living a Better Creative Story
Finding Your ‘Special Purpose’
What’s your ‘special purpose?’ Purpose for … your job, your family, your creative projects, your blog, your entrepreneurial endeavors. Why do you do what you do? A 19 second scene from The Jerk with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters:
The 10 Minute Secret to Creative Achievement (Hint: Scrivener)
It’s so simple. Some of us don’t admit we need it. We’ve got it under control right? Nope. I’m taking my own advice. Instead of talking about this ten minute secret, I’ll just do it. Here goes…
6 Types of Creatives
The Dreamer Dreaming ignites. Dreaming activates. The Thinker Thinking ideates. Thinking meditates.
Be Childish, I Double Dare Ya
[box options] In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first. ~Adora Svitak [box] We love you TED Talks. We love your geeks, your smarts, your innovation . . . and your childishness. Recently, I cozied up to a speech by Andora Svitak (video below) and though she was 12… Continue reading Be Childish, I Double Dare Ya
Ten Commandments for Creatives
Ten Commandments for Creatives 1. Give space, time and energy to your creativity. If you don’t, your space, time and energy will go to things you don’t value. 2. Creating is an act of worship. (Tweet this) Not creating is self-centered and selfish. 3. Your creativity is a gift given to you. Share gifts. 4.… Continue reading Ten Commandments for Creatives
Setting the Stage to Experience Flow
[box options]Today’s guest post is by Jason Mundok at The Wood Stove House. I enjoyed working with him on a recent project, The 24 Hour Plays. Enjoy![/box] I was recently turned on to the psychology term “flow.” It’s a mental state where a person is so completely immersed in an activity, they enter into a state… Continue reading Setting the Stage to Experience Flow