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MORE ADVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: DO IT AS IT HAPPENS

Saturday, January 29, 2011

This little gem just totally made my day, courtesy of Seth Menachem’s blog Life Advice From Old People. “If you don’t take advantage of it when it presents itself, you’re never gonna see it again - so DO IT. Do it has it happens. EXACTLY. Carpe Diem.”
Do not miss the bit at [...]

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WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO CHOOSE: ADVICE I WISH I’D GOTTEN

Sunday, December 5, 2010

In June of 1993, one of my favorite special events occurred: our second son, Evan came into the world, and the world would never look, sound or feel the same. In the rear view, I see all the early seeds of the creative renegade he has become: strongwilled, outrageously confident, a nostalgic softie beneath a [...]

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THELONIUS MONK’S ADVICE TO SAXOPHONIST STEVE LACY (1960)

Friday, August 6, 2010

A Genius is the one most like himself.
- Thelonius Monk
Originally posted here Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
Reposted by Swiss-Miss here
With gratitude to Box of Crayons for pointing me to Swiss-Miss, “a treasure trove of the smart, funky and unusual, all connected by the slender and strong thread of design.”

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ONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Thursday, April 15, 2010

So I am on the flip side of my birthday and I’m heading to Nashville soon for music and more music; my mother in law has survived the flood of the century here in Rhode Island; just got feted by my best buddies - life is pretty damn good, I’d say.
My new music blog is [...]

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90 THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THE PATH TO CREATIVITY

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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 [...]

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Tag Archives: advice

MORE ADVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: DO IT AS IT HAPPENS

WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO CHOOSE: ADVICE I WISH I’D GOTTEN

THELONIUS MONK’S ADVICE TO SAXOPHONIST STEVE LACY (1960)

ONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT

90 THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THE PATH TO CREATIVITY

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