February 29, 2016 Here I am. At the end of my twenty nine day creative challenge. This is a special day, an extra day that only comes around once every four years, LEAP DAY. It is just like every other day, yet it is today. Here. Now. Present. After this moment it is gone. BE PRESENT BE ALIVE Do NOT let this life slip through your fingers. Before you know it, it will be gone, slipping away forever. Time is slippery. Grab hold of the moments and make … [Read more...] about PReSeNt/fUTuRe
Archives for February 2016
death. life. live in-between.
February 28, 2016 Run FAST Run FAR Sometimes life feels like a race One were the finish line seems distant Distant until the time comes where we face it DEATH DEATH is the reality of the fall, the reality that we have an expiration date. DEAth and liFE. I have taken time to think on death, wondering through graveyards and pondering. Call me weird if you will but if we never ponder death, do we ever ponder life?! Please hear me here, … [Read more...] about death. life. live in-between.
30 days to somewhere
February 27, 2016 — ONE month to FOCUS. I heard it takes thirty days to develop a habit. I have never been a big GOAL setter. Maybe it is my inner procrastinator or the fear of failure or the fear of success that has held me back from setting goals. semantics — the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning But it also could just be a semantics issue for me. I would much rather spend my time pursuing a DREAM or PASSION than a “GOAL.” Goals feel like a homework assignment or a … [Read more...] about 30 days to somewhere
i am Nelson Mandela
February 26, 2016 -- 12:35am CST Here am i Right here Right now This is me. I am a son of the most high GOD. Mighty and strong. Scared and insecure. Strong and mighty All of the above. A divine dichotomy. the honest life the tension of humanity the reality of live on planet earth Everything is crazy right now. politics, world issues, famine, feasts What to make of it all? The more I ask … [Read more...] about i am Nelson Mandela
stop being insecure
February 25, 2016 5 days left of the blog challenge — time flies!! 12:58am—Central Standard Time. I have this pattern of writing with my blogs. If it is a travel day, which is this whole week, I often get to wherever I am going, check in, settle in, and just rest a bit. This usually includes random videos on facebook, and other random internet consumption. Sometimes this is pointless and other times it is part of my creative process. It is almost like I have to get that out my … [Read more...] about stop being insecure
your creation sucks
February 24, 2016 The CrEAtiVE PRocESs JUST START —> grab a canvas —> start writing —> doodle —> do something When I set out to create, I rarely have whatever it is planned out from the start. Every creative act starts somewhere. Wether it is a thought that comes and gets doodled down on a napkin. Or the blank canvas and the creation takes shape. It all STARTS somewhere. There is always a BLANK PAGE in the PROCESS somewhere. Often people ask me “what are you going … [Read more...] about your creation sucks
just do something
February 23, 2016 FIGHT THE RESISTANCE 8:59pm (central standard time?) 27,000ft and climbing I started reading a new book. It is completely in line with where I am right now with art, life, creativity, pressing onward. The book is entitled: theWARofART -- Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles -- by Steven Pressfield I am only on page twenty one, thus I have no real authority to write an exhaustive book review, so that is not what I am doing. HA! This book met me … [Read more...] about just do something
the grizzly in my hotel
February 22, 2016 11:56 — central standard time I turn off the noise in my hotel room. TV was just an enjoyable distraction. Random facebook videos, just to consume. There is nothing wrong with these things, they are often the source of ideas…. but sometimes they are just noise. As I turned off the physical noise in my room I hear bit of a low roar coming from behind me. A weird sound, like a hibernating bear, and yes it must be the guest in the room next to me SNORING. HA!!! You never … [Read more...] about the grizzly in my hotel