Crabby Pointers

What’s bugging you? Trying to get creative work done can be a challenge. Tiny troubles or even big bothersome dilemmas show up. Let’s face it. It’s all not peaches and cream 100% of the time when “following your joy.”   Sometimes it’s peas and screams. Sure, we...

Soft Focus

A favorite book in my third grade classroom was Magic Eye. Remember that one? Over and over the kids would pick that book and stare at the pages until the hidden objects appeared out from under a sea of dots. Magic Eye requires a special way of seeing. Looking...

Finding Focus

How does the camera do it? My photographer friends would know more, but what I get from my wonderful auto-focus function is that somehow the lens latches on to part of what I put in the viewfinder and makes that the focal point. Cool. What is the focal point of your...

Backwards Mapping

“Start with the end in mind.” But we know it takes more that mind power alone to run a creative business that really speaks to your heart. It is  not a linear process for sure. More like a winding mountain pass, we tack back and forth, watch for detours...

Healthy Focus

A couple of friends of mine started this idea and are opening the invitation to all who want to do it, too. Here it is: Hello and  Happy New Year!! The two of us will be having fun over the next 13 weeks, which will bring us through to the end of March. Every Sunday...

Flatly Fortunate

The other day I got a flat tire. Fortunately, I was only three blocks from home. Unfortunately, I had to reschedule with my client. Fortunately, it was a quiet street on a dry day and my neighbor generously offered to give me a hand. Unfortunately, the spare needed...