Any creative process is a dance between the inner and the outer; the unconscious and conscious mind; dreaming and doing; madness and method; solitary reflection and active collaboration.
The Creative Process
The Weekly Rapport: Newsletter is Coming! Hit Subscribe
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with during this boring-ass quarantine. Enjoy. Announcing my Newsletter I finally figured out how to do a newsletter through this blog, so if you'd like to receive it feel free to enter your email address on the right …
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Read Like There’s No Tomorrow: Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket I love reading. If I can say one semi-corny yet completely factual thing about reading, it's that it is the greatest possible tool you have in life. I'd put reading before important life skills such as communication or public speaking. Reading …
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The Weekly Quarantine Rapport: Cleaning is a Fun Chore Now
Hi All, Ok, I wouldn't go as far to say cleaning is "fun," quite yet. But god damn, at least it's something to do... Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Week Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the …
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What’s Next?
Hi All, We've officially been in quarantine for a month. Days of the week seem arbitrary. It's normal to drink every night, there's nothing to look forward on the weekends, and it's relief on Monday morning when there's actually something to do. Enjoy the Rapport! What I'm Reading Joy at Work by Marie Kondo It's …
For the Foreseaable Future
When you come to the end of a rope, tie a knot and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt It's April 5th, 2020. Every conversation, press conference or Breaking News announcement nowadays tends to end with the same phrase: We'll be working from home for the foreseeable future. The governor advises families to stay at home …
Daily Essentials: The Books I Read Every Day No Matter What
Books offer so much valuable information, it's easy to be inspired by the lastest book you finished and go on to be a beast for the next three weeks. But then it starts to ware off. You pick up a new novel and forget all about the "you" that you were during your last reading …
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The Weekly Rapport: Disney, Extinctions, and Gingers
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Week Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. - Mark Twain What I'm Reading The Ride of a Lifetime - Robert Iger This was a really …
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Year in Review: My 2019 Reading List
I always wanted to keep a full log and review of every book I've ever read. It may be too late in my life to go back and chronicle all the books I read since I was 10 years old, but I at least have a good established base of this blog and my Instagram …
Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss
I read Tribe of Mentors over year ago when it came out. The chapters offer so many unique gems about how to live your life that I decided to go through it once again this past week. If you haven't heard of it, it's written by Tim Ferriss of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast and Four …