Permission To Suck

Who’s My Daddy Now? I Want to Rebel

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Creativity confronts the status quo; “established authority” if you will. Creativity is by nature disruptive; always asking questions and refusing to follow. With our shift from authority to authenticity, wouldn’t it make sense that creativity has shifted too?

Look Inside and Make Your Creative Mark

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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Perhaps we’re looking for meaning, or overcoming creative block, or simply have too much free time, yet my wager is on the speed of which our cultural environment is changing. We simply can’t keep up so we are gradually choosing an alternative: finding a place to plant our flag.

What makes great photographs and illustrations?

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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There are elements of a great picture beyond composition, simplicity, light, color, texture and all that designy-crafty stuff. With some tormented thought, I’ve narrowed it down to three elements that seamlessly overlap but are also separate enough that they seem to own a category.

Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus: We are changing how we use our free time.

Monday, June 28, 2010

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Clay Shirky, author of “Here Comes Everybody” is one of everyone’s favorite TED speakers. Here are a few of the points I took from his most recent on Cognitive Surplus – a title shared by his latest book.

Talking with Advertising Creative Director – Mike Allen

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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I had a chance to talk with Creative Director and Copywriter Mike Allen about his career in Advertising and get some of his thoughts on branding and creativity. Here are 10 minutes from that discussion.

Graffiti Art Meets Designer Engineer: James Powderly

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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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.

You Waiting for Permission?

Monday, June 7, 2010

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What is the street artist’s intent? Anti-social pop art with an extreme satirical point intended for consumption across all socioeconomic barriers, or is it hype driven brandalism by an artistic terrorist bent on pulling one over on a naïve culture?

Don’t Waste Your Change Reserves

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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How do we know we aren’t behaving like comfort loving factory workers? I doubt there is a material answer, but the subtlety of creative exhaustion knows no bounds. Take a look at this experiment explained by Dan Heath at Fastcompany.com.

Great Work is Memorable – Good Work is Experience

Monday, May 24, 2010

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What defines our story are significant moments and endings; memorable works and what we’ve done lately. Artist’s think of the future in terms of anticipated great works. It’s a trap. + View a TED video presentation by Daniel Kahneman

Heightening or Cheating the Creative Encounter

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Artistic creativity is an act of intimacy or not; it’s genuine art or it's artifact. Learn to manipulate tools and their crafty mechanisms so they become secondary or not.