“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust Good morning from Boston! I am currently on a book tour for BUOYANT and have been reminded once more of the sweet reset travel offers to every fiber of my being. Travel has a way of getting under our skin…
writing
How to Move the World
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ~ Archimedes I wrote my first business plan in 2005 as part of an assignment in one of my Master of Entrepreneurship courses. Sixty-five pages long and filled with charts, graphs, pro forma statements, and data, it…
How to Find What We Need Most
How is it, then, that we make that first, crucial move? Do that impossibly uncomfortable thing?
Creative Promiscuity
Could creative promiscuity be the key to combating stuckness? “It’s critical for me to have at least two projects going on at once so I can flip between them when I get bored or need a break. Inevitably, the one that I’m not supposed to be working on will be more appealing to me. For…
Getting What We Want
Humans aren’t mind readers. Sometimes getting what we want is as easy as asking for it. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.You must ask for what you really want.” ~ Rumi I arrived at a hotel near the Atlanta airport yesterday afternoon. During the check-in process, the hotel…
Learning How To Trust Ourselves
It is a risk, but learning how to trust ourselves is paramount to the creative process. “But here’s the thing: I have no interest in making reels and pointing to wordstyped on a screen, in learning animation solely for the purpose of creating movementin my art so that I will get more views. I have…
