I made a new friend with a tragic story. Well, it wasn’t tragic until I came into the picture. He’s a young guy who volunteers for his church. He does all the creative stuff at his church – for free. It’s a small congregation and they have very limited staff. So he pours his heart…
You aren’t a tool. You’re an artist. Stop letting your tools define what you create. I meet too many artists, geeks, and storytellers that whine about their lack of quality gear and technology. “If I only had ________ my art would be so much better.” When you start thinking like that you turn your work…
[tentblogger-youtube 38BBL_uETnk] My first attempt at video blogging. Steve Jobs, Rob Bell, and separating the good from the bad.
I’m starting a new website. I’m keeping it covert and secret for a couple weeks while I work out the design and build up the content. But it’s something I’ve been wanting to do for two years. It was an obvious idea, but it only came to fruition now. I’ve had the idea for a…
Yesterday, someone invited me to contribute a new book they’re writing. I barely read the request before saying “yes”. My friend approached me from the assumption that I would say “no”. But I didn’t. Does that mean I have spare time for new projects? Does that mean I had a chunk of a few hours…
My wife has a dream. She dreams of living on Hollywood Beach (Florida, not California) and rollerblading down the Broadwalk. She told me this dream while we were driving to the airport from our vacation last week. I’m all for dreams. So I asked her, “What are you doing now to make that dream come…
I was reading an article someone wrote for one of my projects. I found myself increasingly frustrated as I read through it. My brain kept checking out and I was seriously losing interest. The thing that made this so frustrating was that I had to read it. It’s my job. But if I’d been a casual…
Today’s creative challenge: Create something and stop before you think it’s done. That’s all.
Last Friday I found myself in a room filled with creatives and artists. These were some of the best Dallas had to offer – all meeting together to brainstorm a project. We sat bunched in groups at separate tables. We all fired our best ideas onto a sheet of paper that our table representative presented…
Remember when I told you a couple weeks ago about my friend who said my writing was “mediocre at best”? He didn’t realize he was talking about my writing. But he was. And the thing that made this all so much worse is that this friend was my brother. My brother. The guy I looked…