Streetcar Merchants of Fried Chicken in San Diego features this vintage photo on the back wall. To give you a sense of its size, notice...

Just as you enter the San Diego zoo this flamingo flamboyance greets you.

“Springtime wandering through Paris, France brought me to this artistic egg.”

Once you’ve decided to pursue the creative path, you can count on help arriving. The hero, once committed to the creative quest, has...

"Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind." -W. Somerset Maugham (English Writer, 1874 - 1965)

“Darth Vader thermos guarding the pansies in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.”

Maybe it’s just me but I expect life to be easy. So, when it gets hard, I stop doing whatever it is I’m doing. It’s supposed to be easy....

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." -George Bernard Shaw (Irish Playwright, 1856 - 1950)

“Window shopping in Ashland Oregon, home of Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In such a creative town, a dress made entirely from playing...

I wish that the deciding to be creative made it happen. Usually, I’ve tortured myself so much about whether to go for it, that deciding...

"The person who never alters their opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind." - William Blake (English poet)

Romance! In a San Diego California café.

In the hero’s journey, the classic first step a hero takes is to refuse to go. Seriously why would you leave the comfort of the usual? ...

"I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot." -David Bowie (English Rock Star, 1947 - 2016)

You’ve heard of the Hero’s Journey? The short version is: You’re minding your own business. Adventure breaks out around you. You fight /...

Creativity doesn’t sound like it should be hard work. It sounds dreamy and passionate and idyllic—above the fray of everyday existence....

There’s bad news about creativity—being creative is completely anxiety provoking. If you don’t create you’ll be anxious, if you do create...