Father’s Day Thoughts

Back on the last Father’s Day my eldest son gifted me with a gift that has caused me just a bit of consternation… StoryWorth. I chided him at the time

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Maria Popova

This is the great and terrifying truth about the creative life: Anything we make — all this longing for beauty and meaning, all these reckonings and raptures, these most passionate

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YouTube and Me

Sometimes when I’m just watching a random string of videos on YouTube on the living room TV something catches my attention… That’s what happened with Trout and Coffee. I am

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Nighttime Earth

Instead of mythological creatures and gods spread across the bowl of the heavens, these stars tell human stories…

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The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life

For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being

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Clearing the Mind for Creativity

Clearing the Mind for Creativity “In the beginner’s mind,” the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki once wrote, “there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind, there are only a few.” The

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Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity

Now this looks interesting. Harnessing the power of your dreams to drive your creativity. I’m adding it to my Wish List for next Christmas now. Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive

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Merlin Mann and Creativity

Patterns of Creativity by Merlin Mann This is one of the best talks I’ve heard in a while about creativity…He may call himself a pretender but I think he’s on

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