Creativity

I doubt I'll ever write a novel, but if I do, a long time ago I thought of an idea. I've never told it to anyone. My idea is a full novel written on an almost momentary incident, written from several people's perspectives, each in a different chapter. I generally think of writing it on a single pitch in a baseball game. The perspectives would be the pitcher, batter, catcher, umpire, an infielder or two, an outfielder or two, and maybe some people off the field, like a fan or two, a coach, and maybe someone watching on TV. How would I construct a narrative about a couple seconds? I think people's thoughts in intense moments like that become heightened so I'd explore the characters'…

I finished writing the first draft of my third book to be published. I count my first two books, which I self-published, in a different category. No one has read a word of this one yet. I'm prepared that others may think it sucks. The next step is to start editing, enough to include something great in the proposal, most of which I've written, but it needs to include a chapter or two. I signed up for a writing workshop, which helped guide and motivate me. It has worked wonders, and I expected a lot. I've attended every session, reflecting on what I learned. I mark this evening as the milestone of finishing the draft since I sent it to the workshop leader for my…

I came to singing for polluting less, I'm staying for self-expression and discovery. If you want to know what inspired me without all my talk, jump the last video at the bottom of this post. If you know of a better singing performance---I could imagine its equal, but not sure anyone could better it. As for me and singing, if you haven't listened to my podcast episode recording my before and after practicing singing, the tears, and overcoming shame, I recommend it. Here it is: https://player.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/431-sing-every-day-and-unplug I'm only a couple months in to . . . to what? Just singing to myself in the park. Nothing to be proud of or to show off. Still, I love it. As Martha Graham said Nobody cares if…

I found a video I saved from ten or fifteen years ago, when I was showing my art in galleries and museums while backing up my hard drive---the closing minutes of a documentary on Man Ray. At the time I was watching all the videos on artists I could find at the library. For those who don't know him, he was big. From Wikipedia: He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which…

I've mentioned working on my book, which I intend to translate into video somehow---TV, movie, net, not sure. I'm at least a hundred pages into the first draft. I'm going to start sharing what I'd call sketches here of parts of the book that I think stand on their own. I'd love your thoughts. Any book I write needs to be personal, so I have to introduce myself. Experience has taught me that my education leads some people to see what I do as less attainable. On the contrary, much of my education taught me compliance, not to think and act for myself. While it gave me facts and access to finance, consulting, and the military-industrial complex, I didn't want to enter any of those…

I'm reading a book of poetry a friend just published. I like a few poems---generally the big ones like Ozymandias and Sonnet 116. I haven't read much Whitman, but occasionally a work of his has drawn me in and enthralled me. The year I lived in Paris I saw a live performance of Rimbaud's Une Saison en Enfer in French, though my French wasn't great so it lost me quickly. I posted almost eight years ago a poem I've loved since college, In the sea of Iwami by Kakinomoto Hitomaro. I've liked plenty of other poems, though I contrast my moderate interest in learning poetry with a few physics memories---walking through the shelves of the physics library as an undergraduate and graduate student looking at…