Living a creative life
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. Last week I wrote about my purchase of CubicFun’s Notre Dame of Paris 3D puzzle. It was a fun pandemic project. Completing the model required patience, but it wasn’t especially difficult. The benefit was an opportunity to work with my hands in a way that engaged my mind,…
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Many of us have filled some of our isolation time by taking on additional creative projects or learning new skills.
If we don't #RESIST and fight the future, who will?
The most difficult step of any undertaking is often the beginning.
A change of scenery now and then is essential
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I've been writing for this site for a bit over two-and-a-half years. Recently, the thought came to me that a summing up of where we've been might be in order. This is my current (most recent) take on the creative process. Like most things in life, this is…
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I've nearly completed a major creative project I've been working on intensively for over a year. There is still work to do, but it will no longer be a full-time effort. I find myself asking, “What's next?” A number of new projects are on my mind. Which one…
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I want to say up front that I don't advocate gambling in the conventional sense. The house always wins, and there are no exceptions to this rule. However, I've been thinking this week about Kenny Rogers' 1978 song The Gambler (written by Don Schlitz in 1976). Specifically, the…
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I was recently honored to be the subject of a blog post by Anitha Robinson for her Kindness is Everything blog. Anitha is the author of the Broken Worlds series of books, available on Amazon. The blog post was a brief story about a rescue dog I fostered…
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I watched a delightful documentary recently (as I write this, it's currently streaming on Netflix). Bathtubs Over Broadway introduces us to the world of corporate musicals from the perspective of former Late Show With David Letterman writer Steve Young. First, Young discovered the likes of The Bathrooms are…
