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Late Bloomers

Friday, October 17, 2008

Why do some artists recognize their brilliance immediately and some take years to hone their craft and find their unique voice? In the latest issue of The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell presents his research on genius and discusses some of the reasons why artists are either early or late bloomers.

Choice and Paralysis

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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A few years ago psychologist Barry Schwartz released The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. The central argument of the book is that we as consumers are not better-off as a result of infinite choice but that choice does, in fact, force us to self-limit and to become “paralyzed” in the moment of decision. [...]

The Paradox of Rejection

Sunday, August 24, 2008

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The paradox of rejection is that, if treated properly, it can be a tremendous source of growth for artists. In order to do this, however, we must be aware enough to properly respond to the situation and not react out of self-defense.

How A Trip To New Orleans Saved My Conceptual Soul

Friday, August 15, 2008

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How A Trip To New Orleans Saved My Conceptual Soul

After a bit of a break, I'm officially back "on-the-wagon." But not before quite a bit of processing over what I experienced in New Orleans.

Play vs. Work

Monday, July 21, 2008

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In this third installment of our "Battle Lines" series, we take a look at the arbitrary distinction we often make between work and play.

AC Groups

Monday, July 21, 2008

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We're about to launch "AC Groups," which will be small gatherings of creatives in cities across the world. Want in? Want to host? Read on.

AC #117: (reset) Expectations

Sunday, July 6, 2008

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Sometimes our [sub-conscious, unseen] expectations can impose artificial limits on our creative process. In this podcast we’re looking at how we need to occasionally reset our expectations of ourselves and our understanding of others’ expectations of us in order to be freed up to create.

Proactive vs. Reactive

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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This is part one in a new blog series called Battle Lines, which will take a look at some of the false fronts in our creative lives and how we can engage more fully in our lives, work and creating.

Five Lies Creatives Believe

Monday, June 9, 2008

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Having been involved in the world of "how-on-earth-do-things-get-made" for a while now, there are some patterns I've noticed within the minds and lives of artists - especially those creating within organizations.

A Bouncing Baby Series

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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Today we launched our new series called “Pace” which is about some of the basics of establishing rhythm and “intervals” in our creative life. As I was preparing to launch, I was reminded of something that happened a few months back. Last Christmas I needed to make a quick trip to the store to pick up [...]

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AC #143: Rails

It takes intentionality to engage with creative projects on our own time - they don’t just make themselves. In this episode, we talk about some disciplines that can help us creatively engage and get moving on our “pet” projects.

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Sandra on 7 Word Bio: My seven-word bio: I help clients solve problems creatively.

Steve Livingston on 7 Word Bio: How about: “Helping turn great ideas into great businesses” - Steve Livingston

John on Ridiculous: I don’t even know how I found this, but it’s wonderful. I think I finally found my resolution…...

Olivia on Ridiculous: I loved this post, Todd, and linked to it on my own blog, happyluau. What a perfect idea for 2009!

Jan Delmas on 7 Word Bio: How hard is this? I like word challenges with the best of them and this one has seen me wandering around muttering to...

Teresa Duffy on 7 Word Bio: Observing society and letting society observe herself.

Todd Henry on Setting Rails: @Sean, I love your cattle framework. I think that’s true…ideas will not follow themselves, we must enact...

Sandy McMullen on 7 Word Bio: “Applying self knowledge tools to unleash creativity” - wowee - that was my 20 second attempt -...

Tim on Setting Rails: Great article Todd. You had me from the first paragraph regarding the creative euphoria that can come with the birth of an...

Sean on Setting Rails: Todd, Wow! I am glad to hear that other people have this same “creative overload” as well. My buddies in...

Thinking seriously about writing a Barry White-esque song for my Grind+Brew coffee maker:"After all these years, baby, it's still me and u." via Twitter @ 4:49 pm on 01/04
Finishing the last episode of the HBO series John Adams. What an amazing piece of work. via Twitter @ 10:15 pm on 01/03
Saw Doubt last night. Some of the best acting I've seen in a very, very long time. Highly recommended. via Twitter @ 10:17 am on
7am, at Panera in Easton Towne Centre, Columbus (OH), writing...writing..writing... oh... and writing. via Twitter @ 8:56 am on
My top resolution for 2009: ask better questions. via Twitter @ 9:50 am on 01/01
Thinking about how our response to rejection is more informing that the rejection itself. via Twitter @ 8:50 am on 12/31
Ooh...someone PLEASE join the Accidental Creative facebook group. We have 666 members, and I don't want to camp out there for long... :) via Twitter @ 5:44 pm on 12/30
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