This is a post from the ongoing blog-to-blog conversation between myself and my friend Jason Simanek. If you need to catch up, here are our previous posts: 1. In Search of a Truly Creative Occupation 2. Fine Art in Museums: Tigers in Zoos 3. Invisible Artwork: If we ignore it maybe it will go away [...]

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the last celebrity artist the world may ever know. While there are more artists living today than ever before, it is hard to imagine an artist personality today rising to the level of national awareness the way Warhol did. That is as much a statement about modern times as it [...]

R. Buckminster Fuller In 1927, Richard was a suicidal drunk without a job. He was bankrupt and living in the slums of Chicago. He had been expelled from Harvard twice for bad behavior. The business he started with his father had failed. His daughter died after struggling with complications from polio and spinal meningitis. To [...]

"Job" (In Progress) "Hosea," by Adrian Hanft, II My dad has been getting some recognition for his sculptures lately, so I thought I would brag about him a little bit… The story of my dad’s sculptures is in many ways the story of what it means to be a Christian and an artist. The reality [...]

Up until that moment creating art was easy. Before this, all that was needed was patience and practice. You find something beautiful and draw it. Let your eyes absorb the beauty and then channel that vision onto paper. I was a junior in high school when my art teacher rocked my world. The assignment was [...]

It happens without warning. It just appears from nowhere. Where did it come from? How did you do that? You were just zoning out at your desk in a post Taco Bell coma and it hits you. Inspiration! Your brain is an amazing machine, and we really don’t know how it works. Where do great [...]

I suppose I have pretty much based my design career on my intuition. Through trial and error I have pretty much stumbled upon a set of concepts that work. While this has served me well, trusting your gut can only get you so far in the business world. If you really want to have an [...]

I just read an article on the Scientific American website called “An Easy Way to Increase Creativity. The article correctly points out that creativity has a great deal to do with context and outside factors influencing the individual. If you can identify the factors that increase creativity you might be able to increase your chances [...]

My last post asked if it is possible to increase creativity by taking notice of our dreams. I have wanted to document my dreams for a while, so I finally took action and built a website that makes it easy to record your dreams. The site is called Dream Feedr and it is open to [...]

I while back I made a post talking about the relationship I have found between how many hours of sleep I get and the quality of my creative output. I try to monitor myself constantly to see if I can find patterns to how I work. When am I at my best? When do my [...]