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The Failure Flag

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A topic that always seems to come up with high school kids I talk to is the concept of failure. I try to convince them that failure is your friend. Failure is not something to fear or avoid. Failure helps us define our capacity as people. It plants a flag in the ground and says,…

My day on a creativity panel at Comic-Con

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When I was a young, avid reader of comic books, we didn’t have any comic conventions. And even if they did, I would never have been able to go to one. But if there was, and if I had, I’m sure my brain would have collapsed into itself due to the artificial gravity caused by…

Our Relationship with Life

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Some days I get hooked on an idea that I can’t shake. I like to dive into metaphoric concepts and see where they take me sometimes. It’s a big part of my creative process. I began to think of the sea. I think that the ocean is a pretty commonly used metaphor for life. It’s…

Falling Upward

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We take in our days with the familiarity of comfort. We believe in our predictions. We depend on the consistency of our survival while forsaking exposure to a deeper consideration. We tell ourselves that there is little hope in chance even while we take it. But all of us have wandered. All of us have…

DON’T MISS THE MAGIC

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In the prologue of Henry V, Shakespeare poetically asks his audience a favor. He asks them to suspend their belief for a moment. He is about to tell an epic story set in fifteenth-century England of a young king who lays claim to certain parts of France based on his distant lineage. This leads to…

Problem Solving

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I chatter on and on about creativity for a reason. There is nothing more important. Nothing. Why? Creativity is our ability to process information in a way that results in an idea. An idea designed to influence or inspire in the way the creator intended if done well. We feel something and want to express…

I had a feature on the Creating Genius Magazinewebsite Alex Raffi Fostering New Ideas With Creative Courage

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Creativity is often looked at as something that only tortured artists and authors can access. However, if Alex Raffi, partner and Creative Director for Imagine Communications has a say, creativity can be utilized and obtained in any profession regardless of stereotype. Alex Raffi established his Creative Courage program a few years ago to help individuals,…

The answer may be found within the question

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Problem-solving and creativity are the same. When we are solving problems, we evaluate our circumstance, identify opportunities, visualize scenarios and judge the results before we act. When you are attempting a creative endeavor, you go through the same process. The intent is the same. You are building something with intellectual resources. We know that the…

Alex Raffi Fostering New Ideas With Creative Courage

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Creativity is often looked at as something that only tortured artists and authors can access. However, if Alex Raffi, partner and Creative Director for Imagine Communications has a say, creativity can be utilized and obtained in any profession regardless of stereotype. Alex Raffi established his Creative Courage program a few years ago to help individuals,…

Creative Courage with Alex Raffi

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“Creativity doesn’t just come, it is a process… There is no blank slate, you have a lifetime of experience… Start somewhere, literally anywhere”. Today we’re brushing up on some Creative Courage with Alex Raffi of Imagine Communications. Thanks, Alex, for the insight and perspective today!