Category: creativity

  • Unmasking The Learning Hero Within

    Unmasking The Learning Hero Within

    Photograph Compliments of Denise Jans Welcome to “Unmasking The Learning Hero Within.” We are going to introduce ideas reflecting transformative concepts. These principles are designed to help you revolutionize your study methods and awaken your untapped potential. Today’s focus is on your innate creativity and reshaping how you approach the process of development. In the…

  • The Pursuit Of Beauty

    The Pursuit Of Beauty

    Photograph Compliments of Evgeniya Litovchenko Are you looking for something beautiful? Why is it our spirit seeks beauty? The Human Desire For Beauty There is a vacuum in each one of our souls. For some, it is a small hole. Other people have emptiness as immense as a canyon or vast as the heavens. The…

  • A Call To Action

    A Call To Action

    It is important that you and I reach our full potential. Why? Because you and I matter, and what we do matters. It is the way we think, act and the path of our lives. I want to live to my fullest potential. How about you? A Philosopher Speaks Out How about this guy? Johann…

  • It’s Very Personal

    It’s Very Personal

    Passion There is a burning fire, a flame that is unquenchable. The heat from the blaze pushes me to dig deeper, work harder and yearn for more. My biggest desire is to be able look back on the end of day and say, “I’m one step closer.” I want to feel good about what the…

  • Think Again

    Think Again

    Photograph Compliments Of Lucie Hosova Do I need to think again? I am constantly calling myself into question. Here are the things I must consider:Am I on the right path?Is my work meaningful, and does it matter? Think Again With Humbleness It is part of human nature to overestimate ourselves, especially when there isn’t adequate…

  • Mackncheeze Music Recipe Poisson Et Legumes

    Mackncheeze Music Recipe Poisson Et Legumes

    Simply – Fish and Vegetables Before I share the recipe, I have this to say… My heritage is from Alsace-Lorraine. Throw in a little German and Dutch, with a whole lot of French, and boom, there you have it. The result is my propensity for Gaulic Sensuality. This encompasses the total experience of the senses.…

  • The Right Questions

    The Right Questions

    How Do I Know Who I Am? Are you searching for your identity? Curiosity is the key to understanding yourself. Asking questions leads to answers which in turn leads to more questions. The more specific the question, the more specific the answer, at least that’s the hope. The right questions lead to the right answers.…

  • Spirituality

    Spirituality

    I think most all of us consider ourselves decent by nature. If we are suffering, it is only natural to seek a reason for that experience. Victor Frankl addresses this in his book “Man’s Search For Meaning”. How do we connect to our environment? Why do circumstances happen the way they do? What is the…

  • Mental Latency

    Mental Latency

    Often times I draw a blank while talking. The pause in thought process seems excruciating, including some mild embarrassment. This tendency is annoying. I am a highly intelligent human, or at least I would like to think so. My good friend Jerry explained this phenomenon. Short-Timers Short timers is a progressive mental state that blocks…

  • Motivation

    Motivation

    Actually, that was my entire reason for getting involved in music, oh, and besides the fact that music constantly runs through my head. I think I was hoping for side benefits. Those benefits did materialize, whether that is a good thing was decided later. Defining success: confidence, proficiency, articulation, enjoyment. Those are underlying factors in…

  • Seven Examples Of Counting The Cost

    Seven Examples Of Counting The Cost

    What are you willing to give up to chase your dreams? If we want it badly, we have got to sacrifice. Obsession, it’s what we do regardless what is happening. First thing in the morning pounding it out. Last thing at night, getting the final two cents in. Priorities: Woody Allen: “80 percent of the…

  • Mackncheeze Music Podcast #13: Sean Farchild

    Mackncheeze        Music Podcast #13:                          Sean Farchild

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  • Freedom

    Freedom

    Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Or so the song goes. I chose to define freedom as this: I personally make more decisions for myself than my boss , my family, my government and my friends. Henry Thoreau said, A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he…

  • Finding My Core Values

    Finding My Core Values

    I have been on a path of discovery. Since I have started blogging I have had to do a lot of inner searching. I understand that I need to be who I am and not try to fake my way through this process. Friends who read my blog have told me that that they can…

  • Inspiration

    Inspiration

    I choose to hang with folks who are smarter, more talented and more driven than myself. Daily, I take time to read and garner other peoples ideas, checking to see if their concepts and practices are adaptable to my circumstance. I think I have applied maybe 1 out of 1000 suggestions. You might think it…

  • Prodigy

    We are always going to run into someone who is a prodigy. A Child Prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. So I’m hanging in the lobby waiting for my lesson, listening to what I perceive as a high school student laying down a super congruent groove. I’m saying to myself, ‘Man, I wish I could have played…