Fight Overwhelm And Take Things Bird By Bird
source One of the hardest parts of any creative endeavor is sitting down and getting started. You might have the perfect idea for a bestselling novel, or maybe, a groundbreaking product or app that’s [...]
How To Have Idea Sex And Make Idea Babies
Mark Twain is credited with the line, “Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.”This points to what James Altucher has called, Idea Sex: The marriage of two seemingly [...]
How To Collaborate With Catastrophe
On one of the first days of shooting his film, From Dusk Till Dawn, Robert Rodriguez wiped the sweat from his neck and focused his camera toward a gas station filled with dynamite. It was the [...]
Your Brain On RAS, Manifestation, And Seeing Creativity In Everything
Have you ever wondered why it’s easy to hear your own name being called out in a screaming crowd? Or why after hearing about a new movie or specific number, you start seeing it everywhere? [...]
Traveling Between The Two Levels Of The Universe
In Steven Pressfield's latest book, The Artist's Journey, he explains how there are two levels to the universe: "The first level is the material world, the visible physical sphere in which you and I dwell."And then the [...]
Are You Moving Toward Your Mountain?
source One of my all-time, favorite commencement speeches is by the author, Neil Gaiman (American Gods, The Graveyard Book, The Sandman Series). His simple call to action of, "make good art" has become a mantra for creatives everywhere. The [...]