Art, Design, and Ordinary Items
Whether it’s clothing, or paintings, something more random like heart pendant jewelry, art is all around us.
Teaching, Inspiration, and Rock ‘n Roll
The world is so full of boring people. It’s important for leaders, teachers, writers, performers, and artists to share an influence that is NOT boring with this starved-for-passion world.
Cleaning to Foster Inspiration
If you recall Jimmy Stewart in the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” you remember when the angels are talking about George Bailey’s suicide attempt. Clarence says, “Is he sick?” and the senior angel says,
“Worse, he’s discouraged.” Clarence Oddbody got his wings but not by giving George inspiration. He helped him along and George was [...]Respect Other People’s Life as Art
“We are all time travelers moving at the speed of exactly 60 minutes per hour.”
-Spider Robinson
Some of us are traveling in limousines, others are at the freeway on-ramp with cardboard signs. Regardless of the means, we are going from a point a to a point b every day of our lives. It is [...]Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “A”
Yesterday I wrote about how Google PR and other ranking systems for blogs fall short of really selecting value. Let’s face the fact at the start though not everyone agrees on what is valuable in blogs. It is often the same sort of preference as between clip on earrings and studded. There [...]
9 Aspects of Classic Great Writing
You know it’s fitting that today when I went looking for a Twain photo I found one that was under a “reusable media” license. That is kind of a metaphor for what my 9 Authors, 9 Aspects of Powerful Writing guest post is about over at Confident Writing. One commenter there, Jim Murdoch, [...]
We are the Light of our Lives
I got that title from an old Alarm song. It’s a great tune with an even greater message for the visionaries among us in 2008.
Instead of waiting for others to be our inspiration, we have to be the inspiration to others AND to ourselves.
As you may have gathered from this series’ title, I grew [...]Suggestive and Summative Titles Make Bloghoppers Stay
I see the biggest challenge to blog authors today as keeping visitors on their site long enough to have an impact through their writing. I’ve seen and heard the effective traffic brought on by games and gimmicks for shiny items like designer jewelry. I wonder if that traffic really reads their stuff though. [...]
Interview With Amy Palko: Blogger, Photographer Extraordinairre
One of my favorite bloggers is Amy Palko. I forgot to put in the title that she’s an incredible writer as well (and lives in Scotland!). Glad to have her on my blogroll! She was a finalist in the recent contest I judged and so as promised, here is my interview with [...]
I’m Judging a Blog Writing Contest
My esteemed writing colleague, fellow blogger and friend Shelly Tucker (photo at left) is hosting a writing contest on her vastly read and very popular blog, This Eclectic Life. She has very kindly asked me to be the judge and I accepted. There are some clear details listed on her site, but the [...]
