Down Days

We all have down days. This was one of them. I didn’t get much sleep last night. Got a fairly discouraging call first thing in the morning. Didn’t have time to eat a proper breakfast. And the affects of caffeine have suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth. I don’t know about you…but I feel…

Power Through

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 Paul didn’t necessarily find immediate joy in his self-training. He wasn’t a masochist. But some translations say this verse a bit more harshly. They conjure…

Blocked

I experienced some pretty major creative blocks this week. For instance, I’m writing a book. I have about 15 chapters finished. But the last two chapters I wrote were the exact same chapters I’d previously written. I thought I was writing new material, only to find I’d been rehashing the same stuff. Nothing new was…

Big Picture Thinking

I hate maintenance. I’m a builder, not a maintainer. I love rearranging my room. I hate making my bed. I love reformatting my computer. I hate keeping my files orderly. That’s why I loved building ChurchStageDesignIdeas.com and Sunday| Mag. It was a building process. I was designing, strategizing, making things happen. It was all new and…

I Don’t Need Inspiration

“I don’t need inspiration…I make it.” That’s what my buddy Joe Cavazos said. I love it! He may have said it jokingly but I think there is such truth in that statement. Too many artists sit around waiting for inspiration to strike. They wander through Pinterest or Dribbble, looking for something to get the creative juices…

Establish Boundaries

Take a second to identify the things that distract you and keep you from reaching your creative potential. Is it television? Youtube? Facebook? Video games? We’ve talked about hiding your TV or putting filters on your computer to keep you from getting distracted. But what about people that keep you from reaching your creative potential?…