Category: blog
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Album Cover Art: Face Edition
Rules for Picking This List: Album or song from album must be saved on my Spotify account Album cover design must not be an extreme close up like focusing on eyes or mouth Album cover design must have enough face visibility so no upper body shots, full body shots, profile shots Album cover design must…
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Here’s a GIF-based Mini-Game to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
“My goal is to publish at least 10 blog posts in September. The guiding principle for each post is: SHARE and/or SPARK CREATIVITY. Just in starting to blog again my antenna has been up for things worthy of turning into new posts which has been a nice shift in perspective for my daily living. It’s…
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What If You Could Only Use One Word for the Rest of Your Life?
What word would you use? I love questions. I love unique questions. I love ordinary questions. I love stupid questions. I love smart questions. I love uncomfortable questions. I love feel-good questions. I love big questions. I love small questions. This is an especially challenging question and something of a thought exercise. Would it be…
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How I Accidentally Started Riding the Clout Goggles Trend in 2014
Some weeks ago I made my Twitter profile picture a photo my friend Andrew took of me on our trip to Seattle in 2015. I brought these glasses on the trip because I wanted to look like Kurt Cobain and try to channel his creative spirit during our journey. I bought these glasses in 2014…
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When You Don’t Have It
Last Sunday I achieved something monumental. I woke up before noon. It was thirty minutes before noon but still before noon nonetheless. This is an achievement for me because I am almost always waking up in the afternoon on weekends. This situation is caused by a combination of mounting sleep debts during the week, a…
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Wear the Same Thing Every Day and Become a Cartoon Character
It’s New York Fashion Week here in…New York and I’m celebrating by wearing the exact same thing to work two days in a row. Granted, this “decision” arose more out of circumstance rather than intent, but I believe it has offered me some important lessons. “You’ll worry less about what people think of you when…
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What the Hex is That Blue?
Here are six blues I find interesting along with their hex color codes. Gray-Blue #8C92AC Part of the blue-gray series of colors. These blue-grays are also known as livid colors, coming from the Latin lividus meaning “a dull leaden-blue color.” It’s also a way to describe bruises on flesh and gives us the “black and…
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Goodbye Idea Channel. Hello Idea Channel.
PBS Idea Channel is a recently-ended online show that examines the connections between pop culture, technology and art hosted by Mike Rugnetta. Even though no more content will be produced, there are still a number of videos available to watch and the videos will still exist for the foreseeable future and if it’s new to…
