May 2009
9 posts
“The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality....”
– Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
May 31st
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IF EVERYTHING IS BOLD, NOTHING IS BOLD →
May 30th
“It seems that you keep crossing and recrossing the border. For a while, you...”
– Henri Nouwen via Anne Jackson
May 26th
HELP! I NEED A NEW BUSINESS CARD!
Since being on staff at Willow, I’ve been to numerous events and in multiple situations where people have asked for my card. I don’t have one and I need your help! Because I work at a church and don’t have a ton of cash, I began thinking I would design one on my own. Then I got to thinking…there might be a few designers who read this blog who’d be willing to...
May 25th
My very first guest post is now up on... →
May 18th
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DON'T BECOME BURDENED BY CONSENSUS
Another great line uttered during the 99 Percent by Scott Belsky. I’ve freelanced most of my life. Whether I was doing a play, producing a video, or creating a design, I’ve always lanced freely. After a number of years of this I started to feel as though I was autonomous simply because I wasn’t burdened by a corporate structure where I had to create buy-in and consensus. While...
May 18th
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“A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When society...”
– Robert McKee
May 8th
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CHAOS SUBVERTS CREATIVITY
I’ve often taken pride in the fact that I can be forgetful and disorganized. I simply chalked it up to plain old artistic flightiness. Whenever someone told me to get my head out of the clouds, I’d just hold it that much higher. Late to meetings? Who cares! I’m creative! I can’t be expected to be on time! Write things down? Fooey! If I can’t remember it then I guess...
May 7th
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GOT A GREAT IDEA? BIG DEAL.
Over the course of the next week or so I’ll be rehashing all my notes from the 99 Percent Conference I attended in NYC a couple weeks ago. There was SO MUCH to digest it has taken some time to begin cataloging my thoughts. Because the conference centered on the ability to execute ideas, I thought it best to make these next posts as succinct as possible - focusing on digestible and executible...
May 5th
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