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...

The behavior is the savior. It’s all about the behavior of creating rather than the result of creating. Creative Behaviors: Jot down...

Should the creative goal be the result or the behavior of creating? “I want to create 20 paintings” “I want to paint 2 times a week.” The...

I was sitting by our Christmas tree this morning and noticed the different types of wrapping each done by a different person if not the...

Budgets are limitations. Limitations lead to creativity. The limitations a budget sets, be it monetary or timely, challenge the creative...

In a collaborative project there should be boundaries established for the different collaborators and the pieces of work that are to be...

We’re 2 days away from the biggest holiday of the year: Christmas! The festivities usually start after the Thanksgiving holiday and they...

Twitter now allows 280 characters for every tweet and this is an example of how limitations spark creativity. The twitter user is now...

now we just snap a photo anytime we want and most of them are crappy. I came across a one-time use 35mm kodak camera at the store the...

There are a couple of rules I set for my creativity. The rule is I set aside 1 hour for a blog post daily and sometimes that blog post...

I’m trying to use an old iMac as a second display for the iMac I am working on right now and it so happens that the newest MacOS does not...

The 24 hour rule is a rule that really can’t be broken–ever. Eva’, Eva’,Eva’, ever… The rule is that everyday has 24 hours and that’s it....

I’m going to try and stretch this thought of rules sparking creativity into a couple of blog posts of how this is done in different...

I’m still working on mine but in essence the difference between this and the digital filing system is that this one takes up space and...

The accumulation of digital assets for me seems to be growing exponentially over the past decade. As I look at the camera roll on my...

Standard Operating Procedures All organizations have them whether they call them this or something else and creatives should have some as...

That tool, video, photo, plug-in, audio file, sketchbook…. That’s the question of the creative who has no organized creativity with the...

The family and I got on the road today and headed out of town for the weekend. As I was driving I was a getting a bunch of downloads,...

A planner where you schedule time for creativity even if inspiration is lacking at the moment your allocated time starts. If you have an...

Is that even possible? Let me tell you why I think it is… When a surgeon performs surgery on a patient they have their tools, their...