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LATEST ARTICLES ( 294 )

• The Story of Real

  : If Real were a character, what would it be? A happenstance? Perhaps a chance-in-stance? There is the old standby… kismet. Which equals fate in anybody’s... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thought Row Podcast Launch

  We live in a noisy world…but it’s time to tune into YOU! Please join us, listen to the Thought Row podcast where you can focus on your creativity and how you ca... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Resolutions In Time

  There is only one thing shorter than the longevity of a New Year’s resolution, it’s the time it takes the person behind you at a stoplight to honk their horn... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thought Row Podcast Launch

  The Thought Row Podcast is a place for you to learn how to be more creative in everything you do. The show will feature interesting creative people from around... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• My Christmas Campfire

  : It was the gentlest of gentle rains that started to fall. The time was around 10 PM Christmas Eve. The campfire before me was perfect in its size, yielding... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Inside Outside Creativity

  : Don’t sing before breakfast! My mom used to say to me, in a commanding tone when I would walk into the house singing before breakfast, Why? Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Between Two Thoughts

  : A most revealing walk. Dale, a slightly greying shortish man in his early 50s. He left his home bright and early to take in a sun filled morning walk in a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Your Life’s Attitude

  : Beautifully beautiful and beautifully handsome. Perceptions of ourselves come and go with crazed vigor. When you’re up, down is just hiding around the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Attitude of Gratitude

  : It was one minute after midnight. The house was perfectly quiet, the only sound that could really be heard, was the howl of a coyote off in the distance. But... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Never Too Old for Crayons

  : don’t believe me? Go out and buy a box; grab a few sheets of paper from your printer, and start drawing anything that comes to your mind. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Go to Your Ego: is It All About You?

  Well maybe it is, at the very least it has much to do with your self-esteem. Your conscious reality seems to function when you’re being creative in your... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creative Chaos

  : Creative chaos is no stranger to any of us. Worry, stress, anxiety, and a whole host of other robbers of our peace and contentment, are constantly running in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creative Voyeurism

  : you can’t look but feel. There’s always something there, defined or undefined. Creativity is like Walt Whitman’s, The Mystic Trumpeter. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• What Do You Want to Be Remembered By?

  Come on; I know you want people to remember you by something wonderful that you did or do. It’s your living legacy. People that create art may have a bit of an... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Hobby of Creativity

  The hobby of being creative; seriously serious, or genuinely fun and relaxing. Maybe a hobby isn’t a hobby when you compete with others. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creative Rambunctiousness

  Raise some hell…! With the creative tools of your choice. I don’t mean you to become lewd and crude! But maybe it’s time to get out of your comfort zone. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art of Memories

  Recollections are stored things that inevitably bring on wanderings; triggering random thoughts, that are both productive and unproductive. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Milk-N-Honey and Art

  Art that gives off energy… It’s nurturing and sweet. If you ever had the opportunity to gaze upon one of the world’s great art works, you will discover there... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creating Under a Cloud

  Shredding her insecurities, Claire Dobson was reminded sometime around 2 AM when her husband got up to go to the bathroom. Her first thoughts, besides her... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creating in a Digital Bubble

  We live our creative lives so differently, not just by our creations. Autonomous and unique to our own visual thoughts and ideas. Nor by the mediums we create... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE