Here's both a behind the scene and preview about Spike Jonze ongoing project, I'm Here. His approach is inspiring; the imagination he applies to telling a great story is strong but more than that, this short video demonstrates clever problem solving.
Continue reading...18. June 2010
Many cultures fear loss of soul through photographs. In brutally frankness, photographers characteristically pinch intimacy and trigger vulnerability that only close examination bares. Anyone retouching a high resolution image can tell you they risk knowing way too much about their subject.
Continue reading...14. June 2010
This a favorite quote found in Rollo May’s book “The Courage to Create” copyright 1975 published as a Norton Paperback in 1994. The quote can be found on page 93 in chapter Creativity and Encounter.
Continue reading...10. June 2010
In my research for my post on Banksy I stumbled onto James Powderly, an incredible high tech street artist. James gives us a demonstration in this video [via The Creators Project]. You'll be shaking your head by the end.
Continue reading...2. June 2010
I try to keep up with Alex and Guests but I fell behind a couple weeks. This may be long but it's also a great discussion among three of the industries leading figures. Among many things, they discuss what creativity is like in the advertising business now and for the near future.
Continue reading...26. May 2010
Leonard Cohen: “…like a bear stumbling into a beehive or a honey cache: I’m stumbling right into it and getting stuck, and it’s delicious and it’s horrible and I’m in it and it’s not very graceful and it’s very awkward and it’s very painful and yet there’s something inevitable about it.” [via: Adam Cohen]
Continue reading...13. May 2010
If you’re a creativity supplier be very proud of your steady revenue in the face of change. Either you’re a positioning genius in an unstable market or it just may be the quiet before a bigger storm.
Continue reading...4. May 2010
Nate Sheaffer relates the re-awakening of his creative love for a craft he left behind years ago: "Ten years ago, my life changed forever. Early in 1999, I lost my glassblowing business to offshore competition, followed eight months later by the suicide of my closest brother."
Continue reading...23. April 2010
There. I’ve summed up conventional advertising in one paragraph, and brought it into the crowded, abundant, consumer centric internet years. Now it’s all about ME, keep your damn interruption marketing to yourself, I’ll find you when I want something you got. Unless ….
Continue reading...19. April 2010
In the spirit of "The Producers" - Robert Lopez wrote a song about the Walls Street scheme to encourage risky loans while simultaneously betting that they will fail; aka credit default swaps.
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24. June 2010
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