Writing

Heading Back to Elementary School

Creativity Sometime between sixth grade elementary and seventh grade junior high, my father brought home a tape recorder that was designed for hearing or vision impaired students. It was bright orange and all the buttons were colored and had braille on them. But...

Semi-Daily Journal: 002

Semi-Daily blog, indeed. Ten days after the first, and there has been a lot of things occur. But primarily I would say that being a parent, husband, business owner, teacher, friend, sibling and creative is a challenging juggling act. I found myself leaning against a...

Semi-Daily Journal: 001

Tomorrow is Columbus Day. People want to change it to Indigenous People’s Day. I do understand. History showed a much different portrait of Columbus than people of the past portrayed him and his actions. It’s kind of a big deal, in a Confederate Flag...

Return to Mayfield

Chapter I Visiting Mayfield in the backwoods of Kentucky always brought pleasant memories to mind from my youth. My two sisters would spend hours in the library while my grandparents went about their daily activities. Ms. Cooper was always so helpful and knew just the...

365 Quotes | Day 005

365 Quotes | Day 005

Creative 365: 2012 | Day 5 I’ve decided to do my favorite quotes. And I will ‘cheat’ and post some previous ones for Jan. 1-4. However, the new ones will all be 8″x8″ and I will make them available for downloading and printing. Today?...

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365 Quotes | Day 004

365 Quotes | Day 004

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. Albert Einstein  Downloadable PDF Einstein –...

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365 Quotes | Day 002

365 Quotes | Day 002

Whether you think you can do a thing, or you think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Henry Ford Downloadable PDF Henry Ford – What you think is right (8?x8? PDF) You are free to print and share, but not to sell.

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Quotes 365 | 001 the Beginning

Quotes 365 | 001 the Beginning

Happy New Year! While I tried this back in 2010, I only made it 13 days. Let’s see how far I make it this year. The topic is easy enough. Quotes. Inspirational. Motivational. Educational. Spiritual. Humorous. Whatever. Let’s see how long it rolls. And,...

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This January, Let Your Inner Artist Loose

This January, Let Your Inner Artist Loose

This January 25th, 2012, at Unity of Fayetteville, I’ll be creating an Artist’s Way Creative Cluster. This 12 week process is based on Julie Cameron’s best selling The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. For those of you...

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Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy

Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy

I saw this viral video a while back and I uncovered it again recently and I’m stunned at how true it rings. Louis CK is a riot, regardless, and I must be close to the same age since I get all his references. Watch the video and I’ll continue. My thoughts?...

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"I Heard the News Today, Oh boy…"

"I Heard the News Today, Oh boy…"

I’m sitting here, writing this post on my MacBook while listening to some music from iTunes on my iPod headphones with sadness and gratitude in my heart. I’m sure I’m only one of hundreds, if not thousands, of people writing about Steve Jobs passing...

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Review: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Review: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

While Twyla Tharp is a dancer, her life is all about creativity. And in this book she breaks down all the aspects of living a creative life, the struggles, joys, and accidents along the way. This book brought the soul of the class, I taught, to life.

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I Wake

I Wake

- 1 min read - I wrote this poem one day after staring at myself in the mirror thinking, "I have seen my face nearly every day of my life and it constantly changes." But trying to write about how your face changes throughout life seemed daunting. But waking up the...

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Rise of the Undead

Rise of the Undead

Zombies, man. From shambling down the street to eating brains, what’s the deal and why are we so interested?

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Illuminated

Illuminated

Inspiration and creativity breed contentment. How do you feel when ‘Illuminated.’

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