2024 Update
The creative journey has been full steam this year. I have been working with Sketch83 on Piece of Laredo, our homage to Laredo, Texas....
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Mar 9, 2022
Started recording The Switch again
I got this creative urge in December 2021 to get back to recording a podcast for The Switch. It had been over a year since we last...
Jan 19, 2022
basquiat and haring documentaries
You can watch these documentaries on PBS channel/subscription on Amazon Prime. I admire the journeys both of them undertook as they set...
Jan 17, 2022
vehicle or product
Tee shirts are vehicles and products. If it’s a tee shirt promoting a business… it’s a vehicle to get a message across. If it’s a tee...
Jan 14, 2022
Do you have the Stomach for it?
I was watching Succession, an HBO series, based on a wealthy family in corporate America. Tough decisions need to be made in business and...
Jan 13, 2022
automation vs connection
Today I packed up some Happy Human sweaters to ship to some friends. I personalized a message for each of them. If I had automated the...
Jan 12, 2022
Self-Help Books
You can’t learn a lot of the stuff in a self-help book without actually doing it. The “doing” part of us becomes the self-help book that...
Jan 11, 2022
The Switch Conversations
I got back into producing The Switch. I feel energized about it and learned a lesson from the first 206 episodes. Dont get fancy.
Jan 9, 2022
information fast
An information detox is needed every now and then. I came across a thought from someone that stated we learn best by listening to stories...
Jan 8, 2022
my own monogram pattern
Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Goyard… they all have one. I think I’ll have one too. + – + – + – + – + – That is it. it tells you all about life’s...
Jan 7, 2022
google this and slow down
You are inspired. You have the idea in mind. You sit down to create it on the first day. The second, third, fourth, 20th day comes by and...
Jan 6, 2022
how to slow it down
I’ve been thinking about the slow life post from a couple of days ago and I thought of expanding the thought a bit. Things to do in order...
Jan 5, 2022
gonna do vs doing posts
“gonna do” posts are idealistic. “doing” posts are realistic. Today I met with Eric to record an episode for The Switch.
Jan 4, 2022
slow life vs fast life
Creativity is a mix of both these lives. Inspiration strikes fast and one has to be quick to take note to create something out of this —...
Jan 3, 2022
creative detox
This thought came to me as I get ready to do a body detox. I can detox the body but I also want to detox the mind which led to the...
Jan 2, 2022
wine vs water
wine is fancy. water is basic. “Great books are wine. Mine are water — and (fortunately) everyone drinks water.” – Mark Twain If it’s for...
Jan 1, 2022
document your journey
If there is one thing I am realizing about my creative journey, it’s to document your journey since day one or at least from when you...
Dec 30, 2021
Stack Behaviors
If I have a thought I open my notes app or voice memo app on the iPhone. I record the thought. I set a reminder to retrieve the thought...
Dec 29, 2021
Setup the calendar for Behaviors
This is just like planning events on the calendar only the event will dictate the behavior. I am jumping back into podcasting — well at...
Dec 28, 2021
primed for behaviors
The environment primes us to act out a behavior. We can design the environment to prime an action or a thought. The thought of “I can...
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