Entries by Blaine

Module Four: What art thou pitching?

 Time to put on your Aviators and get all Don Draper! Tell us what you’re pitching (or preparing to pitch) and how you’re going to make it more personal, specific, moving, and honest. Remember: extra credit for those who share a non-work example. We mustn’t forget that our work is to integrate our life and […]

Module Two: What does the king think?

 “When we are attuned to the expectations of the boss or the corporate culture rather than to the soul’s imperatives, we cannot co-create anything of truth and beauty.” – Parker Palmer Another way to say it is like this: When we think only about the audience, when we intend to move before first being moved […]

Module Two: It’s all about love

You and I will just keep going the way we’re already going unless something disturbs or disrupts us. And this is where art as movement comes in. “Love is not a feeling. No matter how much you feel, love means nothing when unrelated to action. Love is action. In order to engage in effective action you must first find something […]

Module One: your working creed

Hopefully you’ve just done your brain dump in the workbook. Now, won’t you be brave and share with us your working creed? As the workbook mentioned, one great way to begin working out your creed is by imagining that you yourself are a book. That’s right, a book – on a shelf, digital, or in […]