Fear is hard on creatives. Most of us spend our days facing the struggle between our inner selves and the irrational fears that show up just to sabotage our progress. Invisible forces undefined, the creative process remains a mystery with few ever honing their abilities to identify, control and conjure it at will. Live in an agency + time restraints + client pressures + fear = how can any artists trapped in responsibility survive.
I believe, just like author Elizabeth Gilbert, that it’s this pressure and anxiety that is causing the artists of our century to become obsolete.
Since when did we lose our courage to be creative?
Why do we judge ourselves so harshly? How do we silence the noise and continue doing what we love?
I stumbled upon this video and found a renewed battle cry. Negatives beware, you’re not going to take my spirit without a fight. And really, I don’t care if you like what I do. I show up and do my part, that in itself is enough for me.
Twitter, like many social networking platforms can give tremendous insight into your personality. This is not always a good thing. Consider this your twittervention.
The Narcissistic Tweeter:
“I’m eating a turkey sandwich!”
It’s easy to get caught up in the idea of tweeting all the time with the first thing that pops into your head - even if that thing happens to be a mouthful of turkey on wheat. Really, you can blame it on the Twitter icon and tag line “What are you doing?” It’s not such a great idea to take that prompt so literally. The most successful tweets and lists are overflowing with really interesting thoughts that condense nicely into micro-blogging format. Follow their lead and challenge yourself to review a book or piece of art or a newly discovered band while staying in the character limit. We love it when folks share insight into their lives - not so much their lunches.
As an internet design and marketing firm, we’re big on green practices. After all, much of the work we do is meant to live in an online, paper-and-ink free environment. In honor of Earth week, we’d like you to consider adopting some earth-friendly practices.
Buy from a local farmer. Store shelves are stacked with strawberries that were picked six months ago in a foreign country. Pass up the flavorless buds have been ripening in the company cooler in lieu fresh strawberries currently bursting off the stem right here at home.
Choose natural materials. Organic cotton fabric, bamboo fibers and floors, recycled glass and metals – all are luxurious, beautiful and help you feel good inside and out.
Go paper free with Email Marketing. Unlike unsolicited mail which only reveals success when used, email marketing programs can show you how to target specific audiences and measure any number of response variables. Plus, deleting it doesn’t damage anything.
Switch just one product in your house for an environmentally friendly one. You can buy products specifically marketed as green or look online for home-made versions. You’ll find everything from non-toxic floor cleaners to all natural shampoos that smell incredible.
Have coupons sent directly to your smart phone. Put an end to wasted time and paper with a program that allows you to deliver bar codes at checkout right from your phone.
Have you got a green tip to share? We’re all in. Find us on Facebook, tweet it to us or post your comment right here on our blog.
As you sit here, right now reading this, there most likely a keyboard full of characters sitting right in front of you. What do you use this for? Pecking out e-mails and IMs to friends and clients, typing out URLs you hear verbally? How about for key commands and shortcuts in your favorite programs and operating systems? I cannot tell you the amount of times I have looked over someone’s shoulder and watched them clumsily navigate drop-down menus searching for a function or option that is only a key stroke away from being used. Now I wouldn’t expect anyone to be able to remember all the shortcuts for all the programs that are available and over multiple operating systems at that. But if you are a web design like me then there are a large handful that are quite useful and transpose over both Windows’ and Mac’s OS nicely.
Twitter, like many social networking platforms can give tremendous insight into your personality. This is not always a good thing. Consider this your twittervention.
Buy from a local farmer. Store shelves are stacked with strawberries that were picked six months ago in a foreign country. Pass up the flavorless buds have been ripening in the company cooler in lieu fresh strawberries currently bursting off the stem right here at home.
