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The Creative Life Adventure

Living a creative life

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You Might as Well Try

November 5, 2017Categories age, books, inspiration, life, music, writing1 Comment on You Might as Well Try

"A life should try whatever it is it wants to try."

Excerpt from The Godfather Notebook by Francis Ford Coppola

Creativity Behind the Scenes

October 1, 2017Categories art, books, deconstruction, music, tools and techniques, work practices, writingLeave a Comment on Creativity Behind the Scenes

Settle in and make peace with the necessary background work.

Eyes Wide Open display in 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida

Creative Dissent

August 20, 2017Categories art, books, disruption, history, innovation, inspiration, life, music, open mind, photography, risk, writingLeave a Comment on Creative Dissent

There may be no more important effort than to contribute a voice to the vital issues of our time.

Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California

Step in to Your Comfort Zone

July 16, 2017July 17, 2017Categories career, disruption, inspiration, life, music, open mind, risk1 Comment on Step in to Your Comfort Zone

Whether you're acting in a play or starting a business, turning away from your own needs rarely helps anyone.

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Creative Control

June 7, 2017June 8, 2017Categories art, control, entrepreneurship, music, photography, risk4 Comments on Creative Control

Too much creative control can become a kind of prison.

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Chuck Berry and the Inevitability of Rock and Roll, Part 2

May 7, 2017Categories books, digital media, history, innovation, musicLeave a Comment on Chuck Berry and the Inevitability of Rock and Roll, Part 2

Maybe rock and roll was inevitable, with or without Chuck Berry. But the fact remains that he was the one who advanced the state of the art.

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Chuck Berry and the Inevitability of Rock and Roll

May 4, 2017May 7, 2017Categories books, history, inspiration, life, musicLeave a Comment on Chuck Berry and the Inevitability of Rock and Roll

The drive to integrate different influences in one's life and take them in a new direction; that's what Chuck Berry and others like him had.

When is the Work Complete?

April 28, 2017May 7, 2017Categories art, digital media, life, music, photography, tools and techniques1 Comment on When is the Work Complete?

How do we select a "final" version of a work? Do we even need to?

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    • Buddy and Thomas
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    • Reflections on Time and Place: 2000 – 2018
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    • Star Trek: The Original Series
    • Season 1: Episodes 1-10
      • The Man Trap
      • Charlie X
      • Where No Man Has Gone Before
      • The Naked Time
      • The Enemy Within
      • Mudd’s Women
      • What Are Little Girls Made Of?
      • Miri
      • Dagger of the Mind
      • The Corbomite Maneuver
    • Season 1: Episodes 11-20
      • The Menagerie
      • The Conscience of the King
      • Balance of Terror
      • Shore Leave
      • The Galileo Seven
      • The Squire of Gothos
      • Arena
      • Tomorrow is Yesterday
      • Court Martial
      • The Return of the Archons
    • Season 1: Episodes 21-28
      • Space Seed
      • A Taste of Armageddon
      • This Side of Paradise
      • The Devil in the Dark
      • Errand of Mercy
      • The Alternative Factor
      • The City On the Edge of Forever
      • Operation – Annihilate!
    • Amok Time
    • Who Mourns for Adonais?
    • The Changeling
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