My wife and I were listening that “not-gonna-write-you-a-love-song” catchy tune the other day on the radio. You know it right? If not, here it is… Wanting to know the song’s meaning, I did a little digging about why and how Sara Bareilles came up with they lyrics to “Love Song.” Here’s what she said: “[referring to her… Continue reading Frustration to Creation in Three Steps
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The Best: Creativity from Carbon
I like the best. The best food. The best technology. The best movie, book, play…you name it. But isn’t ‘the best’ subjective? Sometimes I have to slow myself down and ask why do I believe this is the best? Who determined that gold is more valuable than silver? When was it decided that if I pay… Continue reading The Best: Creativity from Carbon
The Company You Keep
[box options]Today’s post is a guest post by Haiku Kwon. Haiku is a traveler, foodie, writer, and wanna-do-everythinger. You can follow her journey of starting all over again on her blog, Life’s a risk… and I’m all in. She would love to make a new friend on Facebook.[/box] Take a look at your friends. No, really–not just a… Continue reading The Company You Keep
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
Creativity and Comfort Zone
Your contribution to this site energizes and inspires. Recently, your fellow creatives wrote several fantastic post-worthy comments in response to a post about creativity and comfort zones (original post and comments here). Here are a few notables… *** From Scrollwork: You asked two questions: Can we create in a comfort zone? Aren’t there ways we MUST be… Continue reading Creativity and Comfort Zone
The Creative Lifestyle of Tenacity
These words speak for themselves… I suppose all words do that, don’t they? Ira Glass, of NPR’s This American Life, offers some advice. Rich. Inspiring. I wanna eat this it’s so good.