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The Plate Spinning Artist
As creatives, we lead project-driven lives. We are the plate-spinners. The task-jugglers. The multiple-hat-wearers. Currently I’m… Writing a new book with two other friends. I’d say we’re about 63.2%...
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Childish vs Childlike
When doing creative projects… Childish: “no one ever helps me. Why doesn’t anyone want my dreams to come true.” Childlike: “this could be a fun adventure. I hope I make a bunch of mistakes that’ll help...
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Degrading Other Creatives
Justin Norman via Compfight She’s a natural. Everything he does seems to turn to gold. They have “the it” factor. Slippery slope. Attributing fellow artists’ accomplishments to anything but work...
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Day Job Dilemmas: Bathrooms, Sawdust, and Hovering Co-Workers
I was having lunch with my co-workers recently and we ended up talking about how shiny the floors are in our company’s bathrooms. So right now you’re thinking two things: 1) How did that topic come up...
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Vonnegut on Being Artistic
Two minutes of great inspiration from the late Vonnegut: “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing...
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Jack London to Creatives
I haven’t read any Jack London books, but recently I read an essay of his, and now I want to read more. I had to share a few morsels of goodness with my fellow creatives–I know you’ll enjoy them. From...
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7 Things My 12-day-old Taught Me About Creativity
1. Enjoy Relish each moment. 2. Listen There’s beauty in each little sound. 3. Dream Don’t despise the day of small beginnings. 4. Experiment If something doesn’t work, try something else. 5. Simplify...
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The Project Driven Artistic Life
Aaron Shumaker via Compfight I can remember where I was when I realized I was a project-driven artist. My wife and I were having dinner at a local pub-estaurant we love and I was talking about how my...
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The Silent Thief that Steals Your Creativity
FotoChesKa via Compfight Missing something? If someone crept into my home and stole something I loved, I’d not just want the stolen item back, I’d want to know… Why was it stolen Who stole it How do...
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Humor is Creativity
My wife Sarah and I are featured in the April issue of Courageous Creativity! An intro from the editors: “Have you ever considered that humor is essentially creativity? Check out stories and insights...
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14 Reasons This Artist Doesn’t Need Cable TV
1. I value creating more than consuming. 2. I don’t need to put my mind in neutral that many hours per week. 3. Instead of watching the story happen, I’d rather be telling the story or sharing the...
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7 Attributes of the Entrepreneurial Artist
Artists create for multiple reasons. Some artists create for their own pleasure. Some artists create for others. Some artists create for profit, seeking to sell their work. But there is one artist who...
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Several Reasons Why You May Not Want to Cut the Cable Cord
Today’s post is from a great college friend of mine, Jeremy Doan. After Jeremy read 14 Reasons This Artist Doesn’t Need Cable TV, he and I had a stimulating Twitter conversation resulting in me asking...
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Do. Something. Differently.
As creatives, we’ve got to ask ourselves a few pertinent questions from time to time. What really fulfills me? What do I have to give? How do I sustain my creative projects? They’re not easy questions...
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Belief Comes First
I know a handful of millionaires. Though they’ve earned their greenbacks in different ways, they have one thing in common: confidence. I don’t mean the brazen, teenage-like confidence that disgusts....
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Do What You Have to Do to Do What You Want To Do
The pathway to living our artistic dreams has a lot more “have to’s” before all the “want to’s” come to fruition. We’ve all heard the story of the journey of a butterfly from caterpillar, to cocoon...
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How to Cure People Pleasing
Michelle Brea via Compfight Sometimes I’m a people-pleaser. I think many artists are bent in that general direction. As artists, we often want applause, recognition or just the satisfaction of knowing...
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What Artists Do
What artists do I like rebranding. I like the word ‘rebranding’ because it carries a connotation of bringing new and fresh ideas to something (or someone) that needs an inside-out makeover. And artists...
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No Net
Did you see that guy who walked across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope? As I was watching the video I thought… He’s crazy. He’s passionate. He’s an inspiration. Isn’t that who we are as creatives? We...
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29 Ways to Stay Creative
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