We’ve all heard the Spiderman quote, “With great power comes great responsibility.” But the inverse of this quote is also true. “With great responsibility comes great power.” When manifesting your art, your passion project, it may not be your fault why things go wrong. But it should be your responsibility. That’s what being a producer,Continue reading “Responsibility”
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Snapshot
Before deciding to make any change–big, small, individual, societal–it’s important to first take a snapshot of where we were when we first decided to make that change. An honest picture of “here we are today, at this moment.” We might not like what we see. That’s okay. We still need to capture the moment inContinue reading “Snapshot”
Business Vs. Art
“I skate to where the puck is going to be. Not to where it has been.” -Wayne Gretzky To create a business: figure out what people need and create something that addresses that need. To create art: figure out what you’re truly passionate about and create something that expresses your passion. Even if there’s aContinue reading “Business Vs. Art”
The Good Of The Other
“To love is to will the good of the other.” -St. Thomas Aquinas Imagine what our world would be like if first thing every morning we all asked ourselves what we could do that day “to will the good of the other.” And then, not knowing if any of our ideas would work, we didContinue reading “The Good Of The Other”
How To Help
“Let me know anything I can do to help” is a generous and thoughtful offer. Even more thoughtful, generous and artistic… “I noticed that you could use help in this way. Here are some suggestions to make it better. Let me know if you agree and I’ll implement these right away.”
More Listening
“Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case meditate for two hours.” -Zen Proverb Jut when we think we’ve fully heard someone out, that we “get it now”, that we’re ready to solve things, move forward, is the moment to remind ourselves that we’re not ready. We have someContinue reading “More Listening”
A Revolution Of The Heart
“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” -Dorothy Day Dorothy Day was a remarkable woman. Learning more about her life’s work, (To start, check out this New Yorker article and excellent PBS doc) it’s easyContinue reading “A Revolution Of The Heart”
Struggling
I wish I had something profound to write today. Something uplifting, inspiring, motivating. I don’t. Today’s a day where I wish I didn’t commit to a daily blog. Because I’m struggling. I’m struggling to make sense of all that’s going on in our country right now I’m struggling knowing that many, many people are hurtingContinue reading “Struggling”
Change Is Not Linear
It’s been a long, a long time comingBut I know a change gon’ come, oh yes it will -Sam Cooke We’re in tumultuous times. No question. Lots of changes need to be made. Everywhere. Everyone. One truism about change is that things have to get really bad before we take action. We first have toContinue reading “Change Is Not Linear”
Which Path?
“Be so good they can’t ignore you” as Steve Martin advised. Or. “Get as many instagram followers as you can” as this American Theatre article discusses. Which path will you take?