One of the great slogans in the Seth Godin/Linchpin world (which I actually enjoy poking around in) is, “Cover bands don’t change the world.” It’s a call to be unique to seek to strike out to do something bold and new in the world, to be disruptive, to reach for something that’s never been done. … Continue reading
I was watching the finale of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, where they were in Brooklyn, NY. Anthony ended up at Brooklyn Fare, which looked like one of the most unique restaurant experiences I’ve seen in a long time. Mostly, because there are only 18 seats. At one point, Anthony Bourdain looks at his friend Eric … Continue reading
Hey everyone… Just a short film from Behance, a network and platform to view and post creative work. Get on with it, folks!
Jack White gets it. In this interview, he talks about the relationship between creativity and constraints, and I think it’s right on. So much of creativity is about boundaries; great things are made at frontiers: emotional frontiers technological frontiers physical frontiers spiritual frontiers So much of our life is about making things easier and more … Continue reading
I stumbled across this video this week. Though that instrument is undeniably weird (and cool), a couple ideas sprang into my mind. “Random” isn’t really random. The proprietors of the festival proclaim that the attenders had just witnessed a “random act of culture”, but it actually was only random for those who didn’t know that “art” was … Continue reading
I’ve been really blessed this week to see and hangout with some really gifted artists like DJ Promote and Propaganda, a really great hip hop artist. Tuesday night DJ Promote was doing a set before a big rock band played, and the kids were just going crazy. Propaganda was talking to me and another guy and … Continue reading
This week I’m playing guitar with some friends at a youth conference, so I’ve asked a friend to write a piece regarding creativity and spirituality. David is a “slash guy”, meaning: singer/songwriter/guitar player/Jesus follower/creative guy. He is a dear friend and one of the best people that I know. Please follow him, and buy, lots, … Continue reading
I don’t type up sermon notes. In fact, I don’t type up anything—research, quotes, examples, etc. I handwrite it all, often with diagrams and visuals. After the teaching is done, it all goes away (well, most of it, occasionally I’ll retain the research somewhere). While I have a couple different reasons for hand-writing things (I … Continue reading
I got my first electric guitar, a Fender Musicmaster (with a silverfaced Fender Champ) around 1981 or 82, I think. For the next three or four years, spent 2 to 3 hours a day trying to learn songs off of a few key records that I had, including: Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy … Continue reading
Well, not quite, but take 2 minutes and watch this. Now ask yourself, “What if instead of ‘creative work’, Ira Glass was talking about the spiritual life?” Does this change the way you view growth, sin and “failure”? It should. Three quick thoughts. We don’t necessarily need to be “people of taste” in order … Continue reading
