Coaching
Idealism, burnout, and collaborative missions
I’ve needed to abruptly quit a few things in my life. And each time, my departures have left people confused. In general, I’m an upbeat worker, definitely a…
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Category: Culture
Creativity
The Art Garde of Cinema
Marjorie, Maya, Dance and Champions of the Avant Garde: 16mm women filmmakers I respect a hella lot Marjorie Keller (1950–1994) was a filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, wife,…
Culture
Reconciling Paradox – an Artist’s Way
Art CV at bottom of this page, includes cyber art citations back to 1997-2003. Here’s another installment of my younger self aiming to figure stuff out, and simply…
Creativity
Calling all Creators
Our children need our protection not infantilization. It’s time for creators to stop producing trite, dopamine-drippy, algorithmically-oriented content, and offer instead true stories that count. Like family origin…
Culture
Slay the Protégé
In myth and in life, Proteges slaying Mentors is an age-old archetypal pattern, and one that represents an energetic exchange that can be uniquely helpful in a protege’s…
Culture
Stories v Stats
Assumptions, click bait, and real communication across the Internet: stats are servants to storytelling Most of us have been conditioned to chase likes, loves, follows, and comments on…
Culture
Voting to pay taxes in ashes?
I’m calling out those who wield destructive energy, calling to “burn down” the government. (If talking money is the only way to get your attention- so be it.)…
Body & Health
Dear Young Fury,
You are in the hospital, intubated after your 5th attempt, and I still have yet share this truth with you. I hope it helps you know yourself and…
Culture
Code me up – Complicated
My 13 year old and I had one of our more interesting talks the other day. My kids had dragged me to a movie they love, full of…
Creativity
Branding is dead.
Never underestimate the power of a message said many different ways. You can more effectively move people if you decentralize the messaging and tap human passions instead of…
Culture
Uncanny Vibe Valley
how to know the difference between the real and artificial I believe our “uncanny valley radar” will be the only way we’ll be able to tell the difference…
Culture
Black Hat Bots & Mad Gratitude
I have 15 minutes to write this. Black Hat Part Some hack-bot came through this website and inserted viagra ads into some of my paragraphs. It’s not dangerous…