What can we learn about creativity from Mister Rogers? During the winters of my early childhood, our family would pack up the station wagon and make the long drive to Key Largo, Florida. After two days in the car, we were rewarded with counting down the mile markers on Overseas Highway to Snug Harbor, my…
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The Best Lever for Creating (Anything)
What do you think is the best lever for creating? Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn In the late spring of 1974, Steven Spielberg had a problem. More accurately, he had several problems. He was about to begin filming the movie, Jaws, without a script, without a cast, and…
Creating Our Future By Journaling
How are we creating our future? Get a notebook, Susie. You want one place to keep your ideas, think things through,and sketch out your vision. Write it all down.” ~ Ralph deVille I was headed up the stairs in my Dad’s shop, the Stone Lantern, in July of 1985. I was home from college on…
Markets & Mindsets
There is magic in taking control of our markets and mindsets. Let the low-hanging fruit fall off the tree and rot.” ~ Austin Kleon I stood with the others in a circle around the fire. I had a red, Solo cup in my right hand filled with keg beer and a cigarette between two fingers….
Are You Letting Yourself Be Seen?
It is a powerful thing to be seen. It’s luminous, it’s uplifting, it has many layers, but it always comes back to being present, breathing, maintaining eye contact. It’s an amazing journey to be able to experience and participate in the piece.” ~ how one visitor described sitting with Marina Abramović Her pink pencil was…
The Open Focus of a Creator
Have you experienced the focus of a creator? Just be here—really be here, with all five senses and no thought of anywhere else—and then let your meta-self move you.” ~ from Martha Beck’s Diana, Herself There’s a gravel road in Clear Creek that winds for miles through US Forest Service land. I discovered it in…
