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The Spark File

Looking back at all the tools and techniques that I've developed over the years as a writer, it occurs to me that most of them are, in one way or another, grappling with two critical mental forces: the power (and weakness) of human memory, and the sometimes overwhelming drive to procrastinate.

Formula for Entrepreneurial Success

Five simple truths

Overcome the fear of creative failure.

I don’t consider myself a writer, a painter, an illustrator, a photographer, a sculptor, or…

Should we embrace hybrids and let go of skeuomorphism when looking at creative talent?

Misinterpretation is creativity’s best friend

As a sophomore in college, I was once arrested for grand theft auto.

I’ll Time You.

I’m the youngest in my family, and I used to envy my friends with little brothers and sisters to order around. It was remarkable how…

Just write

I was stuck. I’ve been meaning to get back to writing for a long time. I tried; but to no avail. “Why the heck is it so difficult?”—I…

Be a Honeybee Musician

On Creativity & Growing Older

Unfettered

To see the world as art, is to see a world liberated of imperfection. Where the faces of our sculptors assume the furrows of their clay…