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January 27, 2015
Don’t be shy at making a body of work: Fashion Designer Maria Pinto at 37th CreativeMornings in Chicago
Fashion Designer Maria Pinto (left) spoke at the first 2015 gathering of the Chicago chapter of the CreativeMornings community on January 23. She was interviewed, on stage, by CreativeMornings/Chicago Host Kim Knoll of Knoed Creative.(1)
This date happens to coincide with creative icons born during the week, notably: David Lynch, Paul Cezanne, and Francis Bacon. Selected quotes from each on creativity are interwoven into this write-up.
Body of work
Pinto gave frequent emphasis to art, stemm...
January 26, 2015
A partner-publisher in the world of books: Genevieve DeGuzman of Night Owls Press
It was from discovering the book “The Fifth Age of Work” by Andrew M. Jones that I found out about its publisher, Night Owls Press. Their interests in topics like “work and business innovation” plus “D-I-Y culture and the collaborative economy” coincide with mine. Furthermore, they’re a small and independent press. Here, its Co-Founder and Managing Editor, Genevieve DeGuzman, gives her opinions on writing, editing, publishing, and the timelessness of books in both printed and digita...
January 22, 2015
Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Skot Waldron of Locurean
What are you working on—on the side?
I was approached, a little over a year ago, by my now Locurean business partner Whit Whitmire about an idea he’s had for a long time. I had no idea at the time that Whit was the land/agriculture/cattle buff he is, until I got to know him and see him in action. His family owns Brasstown Beef, a cattle farm that supplies all-natural, antibiotic, hormone-free pastured beef and pork. He began talking to me about all of the “problems” within the local farming, f...
January 14, 2015
Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Brandon Keelean’s Together+
What are you working on—on the side?
Right now, I’m in the middle of creating a children’s book addressing the stigma of HIV in communities throughout South Africa titled “Growing Together.” I wrote the book alongside Jacqueline Hull and am working with a wonderful illustrator, Jenelle Huddleston. The book tells the story of Khulani, a young caterpillar ostracized at his new school because of his disease. Khulani is HIV-positive like more than 6 million people in South Africa, and he struggles...
January 9, 2015
Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Mr. Walters’ Nerfect
What are you working on—on the side?
As a full-time working artist, I personally don’t see any particular project being on the side. At one time in the past, when I worked as a graphic designer for various agencies, I guess I could’ve considered any creative enterprise, personal and such, a side project.
These days, either by intent or luck, I create work in a variety of disciplines, and what naturally comes out of me, what I’m interested in, is what I exhibit in gallery shows, and the items I...
January 7, 2015
At 36th CreativeMornings in Chicago, Audience Takes the Stage
To end a year of gatherings, the Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings invited, for the first time, audience members to take the stage and share their wisdom. Members applied to speak via video during November. From the submissions, four were selected. By order of appearance, the speakers were Stefani Bachetti, Sandy Weisz, Julie Schumacher, and Bryan Kveton. Each gave a generous bit of applied perspective, in just five minutes.
Raise the act of scribing
Bachetti(1) urged the audience to tak...
January 1, 2015
Tweeted December 2014: Food for thought
Tweet icon designed by Adame Dahmani from The Noun Project collection
“Being a writer is like being an individual proprietor:
You don’t like the way I do things, get out of my shop.”
—Peter Carey
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“The most essential gift for a good writer
is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”
—Ernest Hemingway
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“What you have to do as a writer is...write day in and day out
no matter what happens.”
—William Staffo...
December 31, 2014
Patronage Package 12 of Duly Discovered
Advice
“There’s No ‘I’ in Teacher…”
by Rebecca Rufo-Tepper
“Business owners can’t do it all on their own…”
by Brad Farris
“12 New Year’s Resolutions for the Purpose-Driven Author”
by Dara Beevas and Amy Quale
Books
“Mexican Chef Margarita Carrillo: Guide To Her Country’s Cuisine”
by Carrie Kahn
Interviews
“Guest DJ Jessye Norman: From Augusta To Valhalla”
by Tom Huizenga
“J. Cole: ‘Ain’t Enough Of Us Trying’”
by NPR Microphone Check
“Portraits” with creative types based on their jewelry collections
by L...
December 4, 2014
Taking a chance for positive action: Humanitarian Rap Artist Jessica Disu at 35th CreativeMornings in Chicago
Jessica Disu, who describes herself as a Humanitarian Rap Artist and goes by FM Supreme, spoke at the 35th gathering of the Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings. Disu’s speech focused on “Chance”—CreativeMornings’ global theme for November 2014 and a crucial element driving her work. Her path included this trajectory: floating in darkness, seeing the light, seizing it, and spreading it. Disu—who she was, who she became—served metaphorically as a mirror, reflecting the human struggle to not liv...
December 3, 2014
Tweeted November 2014: Food for thought
Tweet icon designed by Adame Dahmani from The Noun Project collection
“I wanted to make art that had its own internal life.”
—Chris Ware
Tweeted by @parisreview on November 30, 2014
“I feel fortunate to make a living from writing books—and I owe it to readers and myself to take some big swings while I have the chance.”
—Scott Berkun
Tweeted by @berkun on November 28, 2014
“Times Have Changed: Officer kills an unarmed Black man,
spawning National protests. When I grew up, this was just local news.”
—Ne...
