Newsweek recently published a cover story highlighting creativity as the most vital skill for the future, based on a poll of 1,500 CEOs. Authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman wrote, “The necessity of human ingenuity is undisputed.” Yet, the article lamented a troubling reality: creativity scores are declining, and schools aren’t teaching it. This prompted…
“It has been said that love does not want to destroy, but to preserve. Quietistic love has been praised, [yet]…mere passivity is surely no true love. The process of love is a creative drive, a force which, in spite of its tranquility of the present, lives a life of active realization.” This beautiful sentiment opens…
My current muse is this painting by Tsuguhara Foujita (1886-1968), a Japanese artist who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western-style paintings. There’s something that’s really captivating about it…the simple lines and muted color make me want to go draw and paint. I love the girl’s expression and the cat is cute and hilarious. My photo…
Discipline is a tool that numbs the mind. –Krishnamurti It seems a little dramatic, but perhaps there’s some truth to it. I often hear writers (famous and not-so-famous) go on-and-on about how they get up at dawn EVERY day to write for a specified number of hours. “It’s a discipline,” they seem to be lecturing….
When I was 14, I dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. Fueled by enthusiasm, I sketched what I believed were marvelous designs and sent them off to a contest advertised in the back of Teen magazine. I never heard back, and in my youthful disappointment, I decided I must not have any talent. Adding to…
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