There’s a river born to be a giver Keep you warm won’t let you shiver His heart is never gonna wither Come on everybody time to deliver. “Give it Away” RHCP You’ve got to give what’s in you. Don’t know what’s in you? Think you have 100% nothing to give? That’s a lie from hell.… Continue reading Give it Away Now
Category: creativity
The Seven Decrees to Better Storytelling: Storyshowing
The Seven Decrees to Better Storytelling 1. Engage and connect. If a storyteller is thinking about themselves, they’re most likely not connecting to their audience. 2. Show, don’t tell. This phrase goes back a buh-gillion years. Good storytellers don’t tell us what someone did, they act it out and live it for their audience. Storytelling? Storyshowing.… Continue reading The Seven Decrees to Better Storytelling: Storyshowing
The Power of One Decision
Yes to joy. No to complaints. Reap contentment. Yes to creating. No to excuses. Reap momentum. Yes to community. No to isolation. Reap connection.
The Secret to Connecting with Your Creative Community
[box options]Side note… Today I’m guest posting on Michael Perkins’ amazingly creative blog The Handwritten. You’ll want to check out Michael’s take on simple, honest blogging. It’s like eating decadent desert without the calories. [/box] There’s a secret to joining a creative community. “I don’t like the word ‘community.’ Sounds needy and I’ve had enough… Continue reading The Secret to Connecting with Your Creative Community
Curate, Create, Klout and the Evils of Pinterest
Create or curate? *** Curate When I think of a ‘curator’ I think of an intelligent (but bland) guy wearing his one and only Brooks Brothers suit to a museum to look at old things and make sure those old things are in tip top shape.
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
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.