Journal

Your true voice?

March 26, 2011
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Today I wanted to bring attention to the topic of “conversation”, especially on the internet. More and more we all get involved with internet: We write and read blogs, we comment on the blogs and we get involved with social media like Facebook and twitter. It is great to get involved, to find more people [...]

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Feeling is better than thinking…

December 20, 2010
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How can we deepen our art? How can we have a fuller expression, even if it is a particular focus? I often hear people say one should feel more or to be more authentic. At a first glance, that might sound like a good idea, but at the same time I wonder about those statements. [...]

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What do you think about the pope?

November 13, 2010
What do you think about the pope?

As artists, or creative people, we have lots of preferences about what is good or bad. This is of course totally ok. But sometimes we identify too much with our choices and it becomes an obsession. Are you too attached to your ideas? Is it easy for you to try new creative ideas? Recently, the [...]

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Who to blame? – an “egoistic” discussion

October 26, 2010
Who to blame?

I find that many artists and creative people often blame their ego for doing things “incorrectly” or for screwing up. I can understand what this comes from: it is the thought that we have a bad or false part of ourselves that is “childish”, or a part that has not grown up, not being able [...]

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Welcome Frustration

September 14, 2010
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A lot of people, including myself ask: “How can I be creative” or “How can I stop procrastination?” I understand the questions; we really would like to get out of our “dark holes” and get going. If we only could DO something than everything would be fine. Even though I think it is great to [...]

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The conspiracy of the conspiracy

September 8, 2010
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If you use internet frequently, I’m sure you have come across a few conspiracy-theories.  The fact is, conspiracy-theories do block your creativity but not the way you might think. A conspiracy theory is basically an idea that “some power” out there is doing something against you, trying to enslave or control you. There are conspiracy [...]

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