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“NEVER ONCE DID THEY SAY BEING CREATIVE IS A WASTE OF TIME”

I hear it all the time from my self-proclaimed “non-artsy” friends: “Deb, you gotta admit - a life in the arts is really ‘hard.’ You wouldn’t want your kid to have a hard life like that.” To which I counter, “Well maybe, but a life in the arts you love isn’t as [...]

I’ve always loved Pandora and Tim Westergren’s way of thinking, so when I stumbled on this short vid of him speaking at Providence’s Business Innovation Factory, I had to share it with you here.

IN THE BEGINNING

What would I be doing if I only had one last midnight? What would I write, do, say, sing?

WHY IT PAYS TO TREAT FANS LIKE PEOPLE, NOT PURCHASERS

As a card-carrying former member of the 1970s, I’d be lying if I said I was anything less than a huge fan of singer/songwriter greats Carole King, James Taylor and Carly Simon (among many other greats from the time).  And though I’ve travelled along in my musical tastes and listening, I have always kept an [...]

90 THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THE PATH TO CREATIVITY

Inspired by my son’s upcoming move to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music, I started writing the advice I wish I had gotten a bit further back along my path to self-actualization. So in no particular order, I give you my initial musings, hereby labeled “life advice for the aspiring creative.”*
90 THINGS I’VE [...]