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"Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something." #FrankZappa What does your medium sculpt? Chefs? Writers? Filmmakers?

"Refugees Trying to Get to the United States. (1988) by #ThorntonDial. My horror painters: #Goya #Munch #FrancisBacon. Dial's refugees suffer before us, floating on his canvas, on a disintegrating raft of sticks. #WorksThatInspire #Painters

"Don't Let AI Kill Brainstorming." After reflecting on ten professors trying to name their podcasts, this post offers two tactics of human brainstorming that ChatGPT still can't touch. Warning: Contains examples of #ChatGPT writing. #Brainstorming

Andy Warhol Screen Test. He's ask a "Superstar" to sit in front of the camera, start filming, then walk away. Your turn. Sit. Record. Publish. Tag it: #CreativeExercise #ScreenTest #AndyWarhol #Warhol Here's mine:

How I pack up and unpack for one dogsitting gig after another. But it's really about thoughtfully creating a life by embracing my weirdness, leaning into it, and making it mine. Read it here: #FoolsInWonderland #DogSitting #OCD #RemoteWork

"In This Heart" by Sinead O'Connor. She's probably my favorite vocalist of all time. This acapella hymn gets me every time. There's something so pure, simple, and powerful about it. #WorksThatInspire #Sinead #SineadOConnor

"Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing." August Wilson. Most people either run from their demons or indulge them. Maybe I wrestle with mine sometimes, but I forget to listen for my angels' singing. #WordsThatInspire #AugustWilson

"Orange/Green Ombre Dust Furry" by Linda Nguyen Lopez. Her surface textures obscure the underlying form's size and shape. The surface seems to bounce with the playfulness of a Hungarian Puli. #WorksThatInspire @#linda_lopez

A story about forgetting what's really important about making. My frustration crushed all the joy I could have been having. I built a terrible set of shelves. I should have loved it. Read the rest here:

DJI Osmo Mobile 6. A tiny little miracle of steady video footage. Attach your phone, open the app, and start moving. #CreativityTools #DJI #DJIOsmoMobile6

"Words" by Everynone (Will Hoffman & Daniel Mercadante). Gorgeous video essay that explores relationships between words. With almost most no words. Follow the thread through this lingua-visual thesaurus: #Everynone #WorksThatInspire

Excerpt: "Berra’s mitt wears the stitched evidence of multiple tears. It offers no biography or batting stats, but the cracks and scuffs express exactly how Berra played catcher. It’s gorgeous. And it’s not even my glove." Read it here:

"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope for hope would be hope for the wrong thing." T.S. Eliot. I'd love to get this quote tattooed backward across my chest. Read more of the poem: #WordsThatInspire #TSEliot #FourQuartets

I am going to speak of hope by César Vallejo: "I do not suffeer this pain as César Vallejo. I do not ache now as an artist, as a man or even as a simple living being. " Read the whole poem here: #WorksThatInspire #CésarVallejo

The world needs people with a rare sense of vision and timing who’ve dedicated themselves to their craft and invested in their gear. I won’t be one of them. And what of the four weeks since I returned?.check out the blog here:

Do this: Make some noise with GarageBand. Joyful noises. Angry noises. Avant-garde sonic experiences. Doesn't matter. GarageBand works on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Make a recording. Post it. Tag it: #CreativeExercise I'll post mine this weekend! #GarageBand

Tawny Chatman: “If I’m No Longer Here, I Wanted You to Know.” The figures are like creatures trapped between panes of glass. See more of her work here: #TonyChatmon #WorksThatInspire

Getting Honest About Photography. I recently took a ten day trip to Morocco. I bought an expensive digital camera and two lenses. I barely took any pictures. I think I finally understand why. Read this blog post at

"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston #WordsThatInspire