Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. Writing is my primary creative outlet. It's healthy to maintain more than one form of creative expression, however, and photography is another passion of mine. I've sold a few images over the years, but I don't aspire to professional status. Photography is just something I enjoy. Urban settings…
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Make the First Move
The most difficult step of any undertaking is often the beginning.
Adaptive Thinking
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. Talk about creativity. Lately there seems to be a tidal wave of people changing their minds. Some of the same people who compared President Barack Obama to Hitler by way of opposition are now of the opinion that maybe Hitler wasn't such a bad guy, after all. People…
Craft vs. Attitude
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. In a previous post I mentioned the book Conversations with Charlie Haden, a series of interviews with the great musician conducted by Josef Woodard. Haden had a long working relationship with another legendary musician, Pat Metheny, and Metheny participates in one of the interviews in the book. In…
Creative Credit
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. This post is basically a rant, and doesn't apply to the majority of readers, so my apologies up front. While browsing Twitter recently, I saw a retweet from a writer who included a photograph with her post. Since I'm involved with both writing and photography, I'm always interested…
Work the Good Shot
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I'm not a big sports fan, but I do love the 1986 movie "Hoosiers." On the surface, it's about a high school basketball team and a coach with a troubled past. Of course, like all good films, it's about interesting characters, their relationships, and the choices they make.…
Creative Effort
This web site is a work in progress and I'm constantly evaluating what I want to accomplish with it. Going forward, I plan to include more of my photography, as that's an important creative outlet for me.
Creative Dissent
There may be no more important effort than to contribute a voice to the vital issues of our time.
Multiple Directions, One Journey
Multiple directions might, over the course of time, be an integral part of the same journey.
Creative Control
Too much creative control can become a kind of prison.