Express Thoughts and Ideas Openly

The heat has been unbearable in Chicago the past week. With high heat and humidity, tempers have been short.

Sometimes you need to express your feelings or thoughts honestly. Good or bad. Once they are expressed you can move forward. Find a friend or get a notebook. Just find a way to express yourself.

That's why when brainstorming you include all the ideas just to get them out of your head. It helps.

Wait for it.... NOW!

Somethings take forever to happen, some too fast.  But when they arrive, go with it.  I can't force the perfect apartment to appear, or job or anything.  I'd rather do it right than rush.  Or worse watch it pass you by. 

I don't know what else to say without rambling.  Sometimes you have to wait.  Keep an eye open for the right moment or idea. 

Find A Space, Thank you John Cleese

Of all of John Cleese's factors to help creativity blossom, space always stuck with me.  They are all brilliant, but I desperately need help with this one. 

“You can’t become playful, and therefore creative, if you’re under your usual pressures.”

This talk is worth watching for anybody, especially creatives.   Play!  Make mistakes!  And give yourself enough time to find multiple solutions.  The first is rarely correct, and that doesn't make you a poor designer or intellectual.  

But back to the point.  Find a place.  When you are alone with your thoughts, you are honestly left with your own ideas.  That is rather daunting, but your creativity deserves your full attention.  It is miraculous what you can accomplish in the "open mode."

A Little Late, But Very Inspired

Hokay, so.

These past few days I've spent creating and crafting.  It's been miraculous.  I've been experiencing a plethora of inspiring events nonstop for a few days.  So I apologize for the delay in posting. Time to catch up.

So, firstly, this was advice from a dear friend about my dancing.  It applies to basically everything though.  Also, it has been noted by numerous sources I'm happier when I do things I love.  I'm also happier when I create something or anything.  This brings me to the second. 

I've created 10-15 pieces of art since Thursday.  Some are crap, some are okay.  I don't care.  It felt remarkable to create something.  Between the 700+ photos I took this week, 4 hours of video to edit, a project mostly finished, a new portfolio and all the art, I feel practically tingly with inspiration.  It's bad for my bank account in terms of paper and canvases and my vanishing amount of wall space.  However, once again I don't care.

Lastly, a design thought.  I think the one size fits all mindset is excessively dated.  I got this idea from reading about education reform.  I've heard related concepts about place based solutions.  Very few if any solutions are universal.  So stop it.  Besides, one size fits all didn't even work in clothing,why would it work elsewhere? 

Post Script:  It's good I didn't delay any longer otherwise I would have run out or arm room.

Creative Antithesis

I have issues with anger.  I have for years.  Seth's blog this morning starts out with this.  I need to be consistently creative and insightful.  It's good to know my anger is the antithesis of my dreams and needs.

Plus people respond to me and my ideas better when I'm not seething with rage.  Plus rage leads to stubbornness.  Stubbornness never leads to anything good/creative.