Lilo Raymond was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1922. She escaped to the U.S. when the Nazis seized power. She was involved in the Greenwich Village art scene in NYC.Raymond started learning photography in her thirties and soon began attracting attention with her commercial work. [Read the rest…]
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Writer and playwright Ryan George is a modern Renaissance man whose style resembles those of Woody Allen and Oscar Wilde. In this interview, Ryan George talks about which creative habits he sticks to, how he generates new ideas and what he does to get into the creative flow. [Read the rest…]
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Have you ever wondered where good ideas come from? Writer and speaker Steven Johnson tries to answer this question by using different methods. Johnson’s big-brained, multi-disciplinary theories make him one of his generation’s most engaging thinkers. [Read the rest…]
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I don’t know when I became obsessed with childhood, or rather my own childhood. I’m drawn to it more and more, in search of something I feel I have to find. It was not that I had an extraordinary childhood, one that was decked with unfortunate events, or that was embellished with wondrous happenings. [Read the rest…]
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And bridges are meant for burnin’
When the people and memories they join aren’t the same
This is what Jim Croce says in Lover’s Cross, but clearly, not all bridges are for burning. I like Croce’s song, but I’d rather go along with Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water:
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Edward Hopper was a true New Yorker. His home and studio were in the heart of the city, and every day, he woke up to an urban setting of desolate streets, rented rooms, cheap hotels, offices, movie theaters, cafes, and gloomy diners. I wonder if he was happy about living in the city, which he portrayed as a murky and unfriendly place where pensive and insecure people lived a lonesome life surrounded by metal and glass. [Read the rest…]
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Parents, teachers, therapists, and coaches repeat the virtue and the glory of goals. You preach them to yourself, too. So do I. But let’s stop for a moment, take off our glasses and wear a different pair. We don’t have to keep the new pair of glasses if we don’t like them. Still, no harm will come from trying and testing different points of view. [Read the rest…]
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Let’s say you suddenly had an incredible opportunity to talk to one of your idols—someone you really admire because that person creates things that matter to you. That person might be an artist, author, painter, dancer, journalist, scientist, businessperson, yoga trainer, musician, healer, innovator, etc. You decide who that person is. [Read the rest…]
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At the end of each year, I fall into the same old trap and drown myself in a pool of zillion resolutions and to-do lists. Sometimes, I wish I were like Janus. Then, I could use two heads and two minds and complete more stuff in less time. [Read the rest…]
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If you commit these seven deadly sins, your artistic soul might end up in creatives’ hell—a black and white place devoid of joy, inspiration, creative expression, and sheer fulfillment. I don’t want you to land there. So, I want to make sure you’re aware of the sins that could lead you astray. [Read the rest…]
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