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“Coming up with ten ideas a day is like exercise. And exercise makes the idea muscle stronger.” -James Altucher A great daily practice (recommended by author James Altucher) is forcing yourself to come up with ten ideas per day. It can be about anything, any topic you want, big or small, doesn’t matter. If you do thisContinue reading “Ideas Into Action”

“As human beings, we come and go quickly, and we get to make works that stand as monuments to our time here. Enduring affirmations of existence. Michelangelo’s David, the first cave paintings, a child’s figure-paint landscapes–they all echo the same human cry, like graffiti scrawled in a bathroom stall: I was here. -Rick Rubin, The Creative ActContinue reading “You Were Here”

… Well, I spent a lifetime lookin’ for youSingle bars and good time lovers were never truePlaying a fools game, hopin’ to winAnd tellin’ those sweet lies and losin’ again… I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong placesLookin’ for love in too many facesSearchin’ their eyesLookin’ for traces of what I’m dreaming ofHopingContinue reading “Looking For Love”

(The athlete or stage actor might especially relate to this post.) Why doubt yourself? If you succeed, you still have to go out there and do it again the next day. If you fail, you still have to go out there and do it again the next day. There’s no room for doubt. It’s just aContinue reading “No Doubt About It”

Yeah, that’s right, I’m the Egg Man, driving aroundKing of the town (yeah)Always got my windows rolled downReady to throwYou know, I’m the Egg ManOnce upon a timeEgg Man -song “Egg Man” by Beastie Boys I’m not sure why, but often when you think you’ve done your best work, the initial response to it is…crickets.Continue reading ““This One’s Gonna Slay””

“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” -Amanda Gorman “Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.” –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu “You have to carry the fire.”I don’t know how to.”Yes, you do.”Is the fireContinue reading “Be The Light”

“Although we avoid deadlines early in the process, in the Completion phase, a due date could help bring time into focus and support you in completing the work. Art doesn’t get made on the clock. But it can get finished on the clock…Each new project is another opportunity to communicate what’s coming through you. It’s another chance atContinue reading ““C”ompleting Projects”

“I’d rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.” -Adam Horowitz aka Ad-Rock “The sage has no fixed mind; she is aware of the needs of others.” –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu The scientific method revolves around stating a hypothesis, and then running numerous experiments to see if the hypothesis is correct. If the experimentsContinue reading “It’s Okay To Change Your Mind”

Love is a burning thingAnd it makes a fiery ringBound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fire -song, “Ring Of Fire” by Johnny Cash Ryan Bingham (played by George Clooney) : Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You bussed tables at Il PicatorreContinue reading “Show Them The Way”

Gotta get bad before it gets good,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,I want good now,But it’s gotta get bad before it gets good,That’s what you say,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good -song “Bad Before Good” by Day One How good you can get atContinue reading “Gotta Be Bad To Be Good”