As I have been exploring many of the questions that we use to journey through a creation as well as how a person thinks, I was sharply reminded recently of one of the most frequent pieces of advice by other professionals in creative fields. Use what you know. Last month, Mark and I visited the […]

When creating, the advice is to use what you know. This can be disconcerting when you are trying to create about events you do not have any experience with. Recently I was reading the author’s commentary in the back of a book and this author was commended by the publisher for conveying the feel of […]

I have been using the cat as a hook for my discussions of the questions that are being asked and answered either deliberately or within the process of creating. More so as the cat is exploring and watching, calculating and responding, testing and pushing the environments in which it lives. We are working through these […]

The cat continues to jeopardize those nine lives.  The exploration of the “why” is one of investigation of etiology and beginnings or state of being. This can be a very dangerous expedition.  Exploring why often takes the cat into to unknown places and situations.  The cat is also at risk from those that work against […]

As we left the cat with nine lives as insurance for the curse of curiosity, we have to wonder how this would lead us astray in the first place or lead us down the path to become a creationeer. This curiosity is seeking answers by observing, asking questions, testing the limits and pushing the envelope.  […]

Curiosity actually has many meanings only one of which is inquisitiveness, the desire to learn.  According to Webster’s Encyclopedia Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, curiosity  indicates a certain strangeness or interesting quality as well as having fastidiousness or carefulness.  A curiosity can be a rare or novel thing.  And even more curious to note […]

Curiosity does not usually remain with one subject.  When I was growing up, I created my own languages and explored art, writing, science, history, religion, crafts and many other subjects. My college advisors initially got furious with me because I refused to drop the dance and gymnastics courses from my schedule when I was a […]