You are not your Idea
“This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.” -Ed Catmull (Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration)
Not all that is thought…
“Not all that is thought need be said, not all that is said need be written, not all that is written need be published, and not all that is published need be read.” – Kotzker Rebbe
Saying No
Once upon a time, my good friend Ed Mullen tweeted something that caught my attention. I saved it in my notebook, and on the following day, I printed it across my office whiteboard in big, bold letters: “Everything I do, I do at the expense of something else.” – Edward Mullen This simple sentence resonated with every synapse […]
Fool’s Paradise
“Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.” – Bertrand Russell
Thinking Out Loud: Why I Decided to Start Blogging
When I was a college student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, it took me a while to grasp the significance of writing an artist’s statement. “What good is talking about my own artwork,” I thought, “when my real purpose as an artist is to convey those ideas through art.” For a long time, I […]