People love cats and Dubstep videos. They’re some of the most popular videos on the web. While it may not be creative or cutting edge to make a cats and Dubstep video, you can be sure people will like it. Sometimes you just gotta give the people what they want.
You aren’t being creative if you’re: …spending hours on Pinterest. …reading a book about creativity. …critiquing a work of art. …sitting under a majestic, starry night. …drinking mate at a hipster coffee shop. …keeping your version of Photoshop up to date.
Moneyball. The Oakland A’s need to turnaround a losing roster. The use a mathematical formula to revolutionize their team and, ultimately, the game. Baseball had become about All Stars. All the scouts were looking for the magic formula that would win them games. There was a mystical air to the game. Baseball was about one thing…
I enjoy stop lights. Let me modify that statement. I enjoy stop lights when I have my iPhone. Stop lights are the perfect chance to tweet, play Scrabble, or reply to emails. I’m never really bored with my pal, the iPhone. That’s a problem. Boredom is one of the keys to creativity.
I’m one of those Christians who are slightly embarrassed by the Christian music industry. I listen to worship and the occasional CCM band. But for the most part I avoid the shiny, happy stations on my radio dial. I’m an artist! I have angst! I need my music to have angst too! I guess that’s…
Children play. Thats almost all they do. It can be frustrating that children, who do nothing productive, have all the energy and adults have none. But there is a way to steal back some of that energy–and it doesn’t require hooking children unto an energy sucking torture device. One of the biggest keys to children’s…
Almost everything good in my life can be traced back to one summer. It was the summer my parents unplugged the TV and threw it in the attic. I wasn’t very happy with the decision. My siblings and I threw fits. But the decision was final. For the first few weeks I stared at the…
I’m about to speak heresy. I know I’ll get crucified by some of my peers. But sometimes you need to put the leadership/self development books down. Sometimes you need to stop reading for a bit and explore on your own. So many of us become book and thought junkies. We’re looking for the latest trendy…
One of my favorite ways to get inspired is through creative movies. All you have to do is plop in the right BluRay or DVD and inspiration will force its way on you. So this is a list of creative movies that will get inspiration flowing through you. Each movie is selected for a specific…
Creatively stuck? Do a craft. I had a bad case of creative block last week. So I went to a fabric store, bought some “tools”, and made some Halloween costumes for my wife and me. The whole project only took about two hours and it pulled me out of my creative funk.