"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

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

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

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:

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:

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

RT @FoolsinWonder: Choose an ingredient. Choose a recipe for it you've never prepared. Make it. Share it. Tag it. #CreativeExercise https:/….

RT @FoolsinWonder: EXCERPT: "Most people aren't heroes, at least not in their own stories. Most people fail at least some of their journeys….

RT @FoolsinWonder: Helen Frankenthaler: "I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do." #WordsThatInspire https://t….

RT @FoolsinWonder: Zoom F3. My new favorite portable recorder. It's small (almost too small). Fantastic pre-amps for super-clean recordings….

RT @FoolsinWonder: We talk with Amber Wheeler Bacon about being part of an organic creative community and picking up a practice after years….

I LOVE Phoebe Bridgers, but what sign is she making with her left hand? #phoebebridgers #boygenius

You forgot the Twins. Sigh. "1 important thing we learned from each team this spring" via @mlb.

Photo collage. Choose a theme. (Home, Fear, Youth, etc.) I chose "home." Find a tool and tutorial online that lets you delete the background of a photo. Canva uses a single button. Amazing. Layer and arrange images to represent your theme. Post it & it #CreativeExercise

#SineadOConnor: "I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual words ever uttered in rock and roll are wop babaloo balop bam boom." #wordsthatinspire What do you think?

Listen to our latest #FakeSponsor #ParodyAd. Episode 7 (dropping on April 3) is sponsored by Unsolicited Feeback. There’s nothing more generous than one person helping another make their work better without even being asked! #foolsinwonderland

Ulanzi CapGrip for your smartphone. Super simple. Clips on to your phone. Makes it so much more comfortable and secure to take pics with your phone. Little bluetooth shutter button detaches, so you can take more creative photos. #CreativityTools

Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" is a villanelle - a French verse form with two lines that alternately disappear and reappear until resolving in the final stanza. It's a perfect form for a poem about making an art out of things disappearing. #worksthatinspire

Write what we don't see: Before this moment. Inside the cafe. The street in front of him. His dog's name. Why is he at the cafe? Who's he texting? What's he texting? What does he want? What's in the way? Does he get what he wants? Post and tag your story #creativeexercise

What does Brancusi's idea mean to you? "Simplicity is complexity resolved." Post and tag your response #WordsThanInspire. My response: He's trying to explain abstraction as a process. "Resolve" is key. Abstraction gets rid of the elements furthest from the core idea.