Self Inquiry
Questions Frame Your Answers
A question is an incredibly powerful tool. Questions set a frame, and context for an answer. If I ask you "Do you like Pepsi or Coke?" You will likely pick from one of those two choices. This matters because baked into the question was the seed of the answer. Just
How are You Staying the Same?
Yesterday I was asked by a mentor, "How are you staying the same?" I think this is brilliant framing. Simply put, if you want something to change, you have to do something different. Rather than looking at the actions you think you should take, what if you instead reflected on
Yesterdays Time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday I had one of those surreal experiences where you are present, you totally recognizing time for what it is. I realized, just for a moment, that yesterday is truly gone. And now again, this morning – that day, that realization, resurfaced but it occurred before, back then. Again, gone.
Advancing in Cycles
I remember reading Catcher in the Rye in High School and having one specific line stand out. It was about a student who just seemed to float through high school, while everyone else struggled… it was like they were flying forward with ease. As if somehow this teenager was immune
Life is a Garden
There is a difference in the quality of your day when you are proactive instead of reactive. When you're proactive, you realize that you can make time, in the literal sense. And when you're reactive, there is never enough time because you are too frozen to fully act on anything
The only path is to continue
Without forcing success... Without burning out... Without setting expectations. Without compromising your intuition. Quit when it helps you move forward. Chip away at your own progress. Keep arriving in new places and learning new ways of being. Keep reminding yourself of the changes that have happened. It only feels like
Becoming Emotionally Dynamic.
As artists, we have access to a wide range of the emotional spectrum through which we can tap into. Great art can be created from passion and energy and it can be created from sadness or grief. But get too stuck on either side, in the passion, or in the
Tips for Practicing Visualization
One thing I've been exploring more is the topic of visualization. You've likely heard of this from sports, Olympic athletes, or maybe someone like Tony Robbins. Visualization is the act of mentally practicing, viewing, or experiencing something that is in the future, or that you'd like to be in the
The Walls We Hide Behind: Projection and Protection
The obstacles to creativity are internal. Writer's block and other common versions of it are just one way that this internal stuck point gets vocalized. But other obstacles appear as creations. And people talk much less about the obstacles that we create. We have heard about writer's block... But what
Pascal's Optimism
In Pascal’s Wager, you choose to believe in God, because the consequences of not doing so are greater than doing so. You pick the choice which protects your downside and gives you a potential upside. Today, the meaning we experience and how we interpret the events around us is