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

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

Friday Light: McDonald’s Dollar Menu Temptations

I’m weak. Like a girl at a hip-swiveling Elvis concert. Can’t say no. Willpower shot. I hear from within me a whisper of sinister rationalization: You deserve a break today. To which I answer “yes. Yes indeed I DO deserve a break today.” And then another voice… You want it, you need it. Another answer… Continue reading Friday Light: McDonald’s Dollar Menu Temptations

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