This picture isn’t perfect. That much is true. And I can obsess over that fact or I can celebrate that I captured an instant, a fleeting moment in time where a beautiful swallowtail butterfly settled on a flower on a warm late summer morning. ? Isn’t that how it is with so many things? Instead…
Do You Want to Achieve Something? Here’s How – a “Teleparable.” I strive to achieve my goals through a combination of action and observation. One of my favorite places to learn lessons is from the wisdom of television and movie writing. My friend Dan calls these nuggets “teleparables.” Here’s one that has stuck with me….
Choosing Yourself Episode 19: The Importance of Choosing Yourself In today’s Self-made Creative podcast episode, I explore what it means to Creatives to choose and be chosen. Someone might choose to purchase your art. You might receive notice on social media. Whichever occurs, it feeds creatives to communicate in this way. Yet, sometimes, they don’t…
If you haven’t heard, Sir Anthony Hopkins’ (the actor) composition, “and the waltz goes on,“ go here and take a listen. Why? Because it shows us something special. This man, this actor who has reached every height of his career, still wants something else. I believe he started out as a Music person and then…
Here’s an easy way to spark some creative thinking and problem-solving. Pick a card, any card. Every card has a different object. Figure out its story. Does everyone want it? Is it causing problems? Conflict? How will you resolve things? How will you solve the problem? Answer those questions with the story. Then, transfer those…
(Today’s Show Up! Journal power words): Make your mind your inspiration and make your body your instrument. That’s how you create, make art, and change the world. All the thoughts and inspiration in the world don’t mean diddly unless you use them to do something, unless you make them express something. If you don’t use…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Each of us is an artist. We don’t have to hold a paintbrush or a guitar to be one. We can create art in how we think, what we say, and what we do. As long as these things come from that passionate place inside each of us, that…
I took the bus home from a day-trip to New York last night. While riding back to DC, I posted an image last night of a person who was driving while texting. I called him a dipsh*t because he was driving and also doing something on his phone. In my mind, if you are driving…
I have been thinking a lot of about time in the last few days. I have embarked upon a new meditation practice. I’m starting small and dedicating only ten minutes a day (five in the morning and five in the evening). The time allotment might seem too short for some, but it has a purpose….
Yesterday, when I promised to write about this topic, I thought I would be rarin’ to go. I’m amazed how insidious that self-doubt can be. I’ll do anything to avoid getting my butt in the seat and doing the work. I’ll walk the dog, I’ll meditate (again). I’ll drink more water. By themselves, these things…