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Category Archives: Creativity
The Desk As Metaphor
The desk is the mind. Right now, my desk has Nothing surprising, right? Sounds borderline organized and structured. But what if I told you there were 18 random post-its, 3 broken items, a piece of trash, and a coffee mug from this morning. There’s an extra cord not plugged into anything. Surely there’s something deadContinue reading “The Desk As Metaphor”
The Resistance
No one will read it. It’s too late. If you were going to take this seriously, you should’ve done this 10 years ago. You should’ve written fiction instead. You’re an imposter. No one actually likes your writing. Why don’t you give up already? You’ve started a lot of books, but you can’t finish one anymore.Continue reading “The Resistance”
Learning the Impact of Music
What is the impact of music on our lives? This is a question I’ve been pondering lately. Here are a few thoughts, works in progress, if you will: Music with Restraint Had to talk with two of my kids about how we need to tone it down on the rap music. We can only listenContinue reading “Learning the Impact of Music”
Making Old Things New
Old you vs. current you. Along the road of life, you pick up frameworks that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up beliefs that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up behaviors that are helpful for a time, but then theyContinue reading “Making Old Things New”
A Painting from Ireland
Some day, I’ll have words for this painting. The Virgin and Child with the Protector Saints of the City of Bologna. Picture from my trip to Ireland. Online documentation.
Friday Night Fiction
He handed me a book. I looked down. The word “Prayer” stamped on the hard cover. Sounds like a good one, I thought. He turned and moseyed back to his recliner in the living room. I traced the letters with my fingers. The book felt so new and so old, at the same time. LittleContinue reading “Friday Night Fiction”
Aim To Be The Only!
“Don’t aim to be the best; aim to be the only.” – Kevin Kelly Read it again. What’s it mean? How does it apply to you? I think about calling a lot. Gifts, talents, skills, abilities. Vision and mission. I’ve written a whole book on these ideas in the past, “Life Doc: How to SucceedContinue reading “Aim To Be The Only!”
GRAMMATEUS
GRAMMATEUS means scribe or writer in Greek. For us, GRAMMATEUS was a monthly publication that we created during the year of 2013. Each publication included a few articles and some artwork, by myself and a few of my friends. The articles fit in the following categories: biography, theology, technology, history, or art. The artwork, along withContinue reading “GRAMMATEUS”
Connect the Dots
I read a quote from Seth Godin, asking, “Are we teaching our children to collect the dots or connect the dots?” It’s a good question, a fair question, one that must be asked. More importantly, it’s one that must be answered. See, I like to collect dots. And I am a firm believer that peopleContinue reading “Connect the Dots”
A Time to Play
The word “play” is derived from the Old English term “plegan” meaning to dance, to leap for joy, to rejoice, and to be glad. The other term it comes from “plega” means to exercise or occupy oneself, to busy oneself. Often times, play involves both exercising and rejoicing, occupying ourselves while being glad. So weContinue reading “A Time to Play”
Speak John Doe
Sometimes we simply have to connect the dots. We have the knowledge, but it’s scattered in our brains like debris blowing in the wind. At times, we get lucky, we see the pieces come together, and it’s like a glorious epiphany. So here’s the first piece of debris, the first dot: The Greek of theContinue reading “Speak John Doe”