For today’s post, I’m guest posting on my friend Scott Kerzner’s site “In Due Season.”
Head on over there to see what Michael Jordan’s expensive shoes taught me. For real.
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Passion is Key
From Andrew: Today we’ve got a stellar guest post by Scott Kerzner. Scott and his family embarked on Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover plan over four years ago. Early this spring, they plan on becoming debt-free. Talk about creativity–they’re living it. His blog, www.indueseason.net serves as a source of inspiration and motivation for all of those out there that battle debt, try to live on less than they make, or just plain want to save money. Subscribe to his RSS feed and receive great anecdotes, advice, and humor.
As creatives, we sometimes hit a wall.
Javier Volcan (Creative Commons)
Every so often, hopefully more not than often, ideas don’t come to us easily. Some days we just can’t think of anything. We stare at an empty screen. We rest our fingers on the keyboard waiting for something to come to us, like when you turn the key of a stalled car again and again, hoping each time that it will magically start.
Value of Art
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!
The Value of Art
At the Wood Stove House, we have immersed ourselves in the performing arts over the past few years. We’ve hosted house concerts, helped promote and book public concerts, produced theater events, provided promotional and logistical support for other theater events, and produced several recordings for wonderful regional musicians.
One of the big questions that we grapple with when engaging in any of these projects is the idea of value. What is the value of what we do and how much should we be charging for it?
A Tightrope Walk
Setting the Stage to Experience Flow
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!
Photo Credit: Ernest Koe
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 of pure focus and concentration where time has no meaning and bodily needs are essentially ignored. I’m familiar with the concept from the more common descriptions like being in the zone or in the moment.
For creatives, “getting there” can be very challenging, and the lack of “being there” can prevent any motivation to engage in the creative process. But when it happens, hours slip by and productivity skyrockets. Stuff gets done and it feels great! I’m lucky enough to experience it occasionally, but like other creatives, I’d love for it to be way more often.
