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Creativity Victories (and Fails) from This Past Week

Here’s some good food for your creativity from this past week (and leave your favorite link in the comments for all of us to enjoy!)… For photographers and videographers: 500 people in 100 seconds. For writers and readers: Great blog post.Created to grow. For eaters: Cesar Salad Cotton Candy. For trekkies and geekers: Watch. This.… Continue reading Creativity Victories (and Fails) from This Past Week

Friday Light: A Craigslist Halloween Horror Story

Once upon a time there lived a happy husband and a happy wife who lived in a happy home. This happy couple made their living acting, singing, and (sometimes to the mild dismay of the happy husband) dancing. Being actors, they were frequently between jobs and needed their ingenuity and creativity to create revenue for… Continue reading Friday Light: A Craigslist Halloween Horror Story

Celebrating Mistakes

There are multiple mediums of artistic expression: oil on canvas, word on paper, film on screen, status update on Facebook. Regardless of the medium, at times our initial vision may get distorted by a glitch (or two) during the creative process. The clay is too dry. The paint is low quality. Writer block. Fear. In… Continue reading Celebrating Mistakes

Derek Jeter, Michael Jackson, Tim Tebow and Apple Products

I never did get it. I still don’t get it. And, faithless me, I will probably never get it. It = watching most sports on TV. What’s my problem? Am I not a man? Should I get my testosterone levels checked? Two polarized groups: fans and non-fans. If I may, I’d like to have a… Continue reading Derek Jeter, Michael Jackson, Tim Tebow and Apple Products

Creative Juices: Monday Begins on Sunday

Monday blues. Case of the Monday’s. I’ve even heard it said that “Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.” It’s a cute and clever statement, yet some actually believe this. Why waste 1/7th of our lives? As whole and complete creatives our Mondays must begin on our Sundays with a basic… Continue reading Creative Juices: Monday Begins on Sunday

An Actor in the Office: Tips to Making Your Day Job Creative

6 Similarities of Working in an Office and Working on a Cruise Ship I used to do this: Now I do this: As creatives, we have a challenge before us: to live a life filled with joy, connection, and fearlessness, and share those traits with others via our chosen medium of expression. How do we… Continue reading An Actor in the Office: Tips to Making Your Day Job Creative

Dream Spinning Rumpelstiltskin Style: Honest Creativity

You’ve got a few projects to work on this week don’t you? A few reports to write, songs to compose, presentations to craft, deadlines to meet. Time for a fairly tale. You might empathize with the ‘miller’s daughter’ from the fairy take “Rumpelstiltskin.” Here’s a refresher on the story: Lies and Greed. The ‘miller’ lies… Continue reading Dream Spinning Rumpelstiltskin Style: Honest Creativity

Friday Light: Big, Superfluous Words Make Us Seem Smarter

As creatives, we’ll often bend toward the serious side of life. Our temperaments embrace the melancholy, rainy day, James Taylor-esque “You’ve Got a Friend” sadness that, for some reason, makes us feel comforted. Not happy, but comforted.Sometimes we gotta chillax. In an effort to blend balance into our creative lives, I introduce to you Friday… Continue reading Friday Light: Big, Superfluous Words Make Us Seem Smarter

10 Reasons Your Current Job is Creative. Really!

In a couple hours, I will don my costume for the day. I call it ‘business casual.’I will sport a professional, corporate look. I shall spend the morning and afternoon teaching sales methodology, basic manners, paperwork procedures, and a few ‘closing’ techniques. Ladies and gentlemen: I am a corporate sales trainer. Yet, I still consider… Continue reading 10 Reasons Your Current Job is Creative. Really!