July 17, 2022
Creativity is what results from an orchestration of distinct thought processes. Here’s something for those of you who don’t think you are creative: Research says that all of us are creative. We just have to learn the skills to let our innate creativity flow in. “We tend to assume that some people are simply more
July 17, 2022
Skill building and continuous learning are essential steps to fertilize the field in which seedbops grow. But to find your best ideas, your best work – also practice improvising. Tim Harford in “Messy” writes: “Improvising musicians shut down their inner critics. Improvisers stop filtering their ideas quite so assiduously and allow the mess of new
July 17, 2022
Mix it up – Hang out with people who aren’t like you? Eek! This can be scary in today’s polarized world if you are talking to people with different political views. And for me, I’m an INTJ on the Meyers Briggs scale and have no extroverted qualities. My happy place is home alone. But here’s
July 10, 2022
I never signed my work in high school at Bonita Vista in San Diego. I refused to do so even when my art teachers, Mona Trunkfield and Fred James (my best art teachers forever), repeatedly told me. I maintained that my work had not yet arrived – I was still experimenting, still honing the craft.
July 10, 2022
Stay focused! Eliminate distractions! Discipline your mind! Oh boy. I’m a recovering perfectionist and bought into this mindset as a young professional. If I could just block out random thoughts and the urge to get up and run outside and see what my chickens are doing! But guess what? Research has revealed that the easily
July 10, 2022
Years ago, when I was Community Development Director in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, our neighbor, the City of Aspen, adopted a value for their downtown economic development strategy of “messy vitality.” Later, I was engaged in developing the latest Town of Telluride comprehensive plan. The community knew what made their town special; rust, decay, and ruggedness.
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