Get Projects Started…and…Done!
All of us have used little tricks to get our creative work started and done. The list is large; from favorite music, special coffee, need to have the dog around, unique tools, to preferred locations. If we pull together everything together, we can develop a deliberate work process that guides and propels us thru our…
NEW LOCATION STARTING FEB. 2020 We are moving about 5 blocks to a co-working space right on the Alexandria waterfront. Address:We will be in the building next to the Torpedo Arts Center. ALX Community (co-working spaces).201 N. Union St. 1st Floor – Suite 110Alexandria, VA 22314 Google map Parking:Park on Union Street or try the…
We have all sorts of standards, rules, and musts we have picked up here and there. Standards on how we should work, what we should work on, how much we should produce, etc., etc., etc. These standards are largely unconscious and come up to block us before we can even get started. Learn how to…
Don’t stop your creativity if you don’t have the perfect workspace to do your work. You have to keep moving if you ever want to get your projects done so I have come up with 6 different types of workspaces. You are going to have to have more than one so get started building yours…
It is really tough to switch into doing creative work if you are coming from work or doing other stuff. You have to get your mind, heart, and body aligned so you can sit down to work and stay working on your very important creative life. Here you will learn how to do 2 minutes…
Stuck creatives need every tool they can find to get out of ruts, work after a day-job, and find the creativity that is hidden away. Distractions, outer and inner, can be held at bay so the stuck creative can down to work and get into their creative work. Learn a quick, simple to learn, and…
We have a naïve assumption that we can simply jump into our work. No warm-up, no real prep, no stretching, no strengthening our working abilities. This is crazy. Would we assume we can run a marathon without months of prep? Would we assume we could run a marathon next week just because we use to…
The promises we make to ourselves can keep us stuck and keep us from living the life we want. Here is one of those promises: “I can’t start any new projects until I get an unfinished project that has been hanging over my head, done. Until I get it done, I have to push away…
rule 1. Find a play you trust and then try trusting it for a while. rule #2. General duties of a student; pull everything out of you teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students. rule #3. General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students. rule #4. Consider everything an experiment. rule…
We really, really need to think less and do more. That’s it. Make that your standard operating procedure for 2019. Think less and show up. Think less and just try something, anything. Put movement ahead of finesse. Effectiveness ahead of sophistication. Blisters of the hands, feet, and mind ahead of the refined. Definitions of Rough…
I have to give my wife credit for this. Using our remote control she journeyed over to Amazon Prime or Netflix and started the habit of watching documentaries. First, she concentrated on watching docs about arcane topics with a touch of the sensational. Then it became health tips. But a few months back she focused…
So far I have spotted 9 instincts in all creatives. Ok, maybe Freud would not consider instincts but they sure do look and feel like something deeply wired within us that comes alive for us. You have experienced them all at some point and in this video (part 1) and the next, I teach you…
For several decades, performance professionals, therapists, and trainers have used a model of change to help people move from one habit or performance level to new, more powerful habits and strengths. Here you will be introduced to this model specially shaped for creatives who find themselves stuck and unable to get projects started and done….
Faulkner’s Challenge – Creative work alive 100 years later? American writer, William Faulkner challenges us in his quote about what the creative should try to do. Watch Faulkner present his quote and test if your work will hold up to the Faulkner Challenge.
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen. – Robert Bresson Wikipedia tells us: Robert Bresson 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) “was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to…