February 2012
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Wallpaper Wednesday
Today’s wallpaper comes from my friend, Brenton Little, designer extraordinaire.
Quoting from my book,Brenton’s lovely installment asks,
Are you willing to see this thing through?
This is something I struggle with often, especially when pitching. I don’t ever want to under-pitch and over-deliver - that is what scaredy-cats do. Instead, I want to be brave enough to be able to see...
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On Rest & Taking Our Time
“But I was beginning to see, now that I was out of school, that the world was not set up for sitting and staring, that time was no friendly giant lofting me gently into the imagination.” — PATRICIA HAMPL, BLUE ARABESQUE
No, there is far too much to get done these days.
Get up. Make the bed. Get the kids to wherever. Do your work. Eat. Do your work. Do your work. Do your work....
Sabbatical
“It might seem to you that living in the woods on a riverbank would remove you from the modern world. But not if the river is navigable, as ours is. On pretty weekends in the summer, this riverbank is the very verge of the modern world. It is a seat in the front row, you might say. On those weekends, the river is disquieted from morning to night by people resting from their work.
This resting...
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Break the Block
My friend was sharing that she’s had a hard time writing songs lately. She feels blocked. Too many voices telling her what’s good or what’s not; telling her what to write and what not to; telling her what is a certain kind of song or not.
She then ended her dismay by saying that she wanted the block to removed “quickly.”
Boy do I get that. Especially if the block...
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Wallpaper Wednesday
Today’s installment comes from the awesome, Lee Steffen of Nashville’s boutique agency, Penguin Creative. They do some incredible stuff as you will see.
Quoting from my book, UNTITLED, Thoughts on the Creative Process, Lee shares something I try to remind myself often:
You will not be stuck forever.
You’ll find versions for your desktop, iPad, and iPhone below. Enjoy!
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Considering Quitting the Ballet?
Last month, principal dancer, Sergei Polunin, resigned from the Royal Ballet.
Having been promoted to principal at age 19, an unprecedented feat, he was now leaving the company at age 22. His Twitter bio currently reads, “Principal dancer of …?”
The controversy over his leaving was that there really wasn’t any. He just quit.
The interesting part of the story for me...
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The Only School That Will Teach You How to Write a...
I’ve been fascinated lately with letters and notes. I can’t get enough of the beautiful examples here.
Handcrafted correspondence.
A sweet “hello,” or a, “hey, do you remember that one thing that happened that one time that was so funny/sad/amazing/tragic/wonderful?”
We don’t really write these kinds of notes to each other anymore.
Yes, there is a...
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Wallpaper Wednesday
Today’s installment comes from my friend, graphic and motion designer, Mr. Zach Taylor. Be sure and check out his stuff and while you’re at it, hire him!
Quoting from my book, UNTITLED, Thoughts on the Creative Process (currently on sale), Zach reminds us:
You are not a salesman. You are a storyteller.
You’ll find versions for your desktop, iPad, and iPhone below.
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