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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 18

I create. That’s my religion. I am the builder in my parable of the builder. I have learned to make what I need. I have learned to build for the sake of building. I have discovered that I am increased even when the gardens are for others. I understand the moral in the parable of "The Parables of the Talents". Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 17

Rehearsal is like prayer. It is the highest form of artistic meditation. It is where the privilege of presenting is earned. Continue reading

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Diary of a mad creative: I create therefore I am pt.16

I know how to make lemonade. Only I stop me. If you stand in the path you may get left on the side of the road or perhaps ran over. I drive to the hoop by nature. I look for the blessings, value my haters, and move in one direction, forward. Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 15

I have been wounded by Wilson and something is growing in the cut. Art should bruise, inspire, provoke, affirm, pose questions and soothe. Gem has done all that and Wilson is offering me more. I accept. Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 13

Advertisements If it’s good make it better. There is no perfect; it’s just a direction we can walk in. Excellence. It’s an interesting word that begs the question according to whom to which I answer: Excelling to the degree that what is … Continue reading

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Dairy of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am Pt. 12

Advertisements We are who we say we are. Standing in the footlights paving a road others can follow. We are on the top of the mountain looking around at the terrain we have traveled. We are all need rest like air but … Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Part 10

Advertisements The din of the Theater Godz is deafening; their roar stills the rest of the world.We are about to be born. The portal is opening. Zen time. Rubber meets road here, but the time to bemoan final fates is past. … Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 9

Advertisements Ok, so I was whiny yesterday. Try being me. Although I adore the job it ain’t as easy as I make it look. But I am not now, nor have I ever been alone. I am blessed. I am … Continue reading

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Dairy of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Part 8

Advertisements Yeah though I walk though the valley of shadow. I will remember to be the light. I will lead by example. Head high first into the fray; last to leave the field. I lead the charge by serving the story, … Continue reading

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 7

Advertisements Blood on the stage. Well not on the stage but in the theater. No we’re not capping at each other… yet. We remain focused in the portal; we go forward in spite of all but the bumps of discord slamming incessantly at our … Continue reading

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