What does your inner rebel say about you? “To rebel is to truly own your own self.” ~ Dhani Harrison “Where did I find the courage to rebel, change my life, live alone? I don’t want to over-estimate all this, but damn it, I love that nine-year-old, whoever in hell he was. Without him, I…
creative process
The Line Itself Is Giving You an Idea
The line itself is giving you an idea. And I think that’s the part that people don’t remember or suspect about drawing. That drawing can go not just from your head to the page, but definitely from the page and up your hand and into your head.” ~ Lynda Barry Emily Dickinson was very particular…
Let Your Imagination Howl
What does it mean to let your imagination howl? “…A howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.” ~ Henry David Thoreau I drove past the Whiteside Mountain overlook yesterday as the sun was setting. Throngs of tourists gathered along the guardrail with phones and cameras at…
The Anxiety of What I Should Be Doing
The anxiety of ‘what I should be doing’ gets us all. “Since many are confronted with an eerie void, lacking essential qualities in their daily repertoire and suffering from missing out on a second or third dimension in their lives, they feel disjointed and disgruntled, unconsciously struggling to find out a kind of strategy to…
Creators without Borders or Boxes
Creators without borders are the best creators. The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche I had had a…
Boomerang Messages & Crazy-Ass Notions
What crazy-ass notions are burning deep inside you? “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~ Joseph Campbell Sometime during my son’s junior year in high school, I came across a book on the top innovative colleges in America (with apologies, I’ve forgotten the title of the book). I was drawn…