OK so are working at a place you are not really passionate about for longer hours than you would like just to maintain your livelihood right? You drudge in on Monday, regrettably sit at your desk, and begin to pound away at the keys or whatever. Friday afternoon, just as you are about to pack […]
The notion of taking a picture is one that is not uncommon, it is the simple act of capturing a still frame of a moment in life to record the visual elements in a particular way. When speaking with Carla Richmond-Coffing she does not refer her work this way. Instead Carla considers herself a portrait maker. […]
For those of us that fixate on specific ideas, our issue is rarely that we can’t come up with a new idea or something to be passionate about. Even for the most sensitive to inspiration though, the beast of boredom can still creep up on us. To understand how to combat this monster we should […]
All of our worlds are connected in ways we don’t see. Like the connection between the amount of tax dollars spent on inmates in the state prison system and the number of students receiving state tax dollars in state funded schools. There is a disproportionate amount of dollars spent on inmates, all the while school […]
If you live in the Downtown Los Angeles area, you’ve read some of Brigham’s words. If you haven’t then you should. The editor of DTLA Rising is originally from Utah but has become a resource to all with his real estate endeavors and a soundboard for all developments in the downtown area. Brigham isn’t just selling […]
Mark Twain was said to have written his first great work, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County in a cabin that was no larger than ten feet by ten feet. Artists in New York and Chicago often are cramped into tiny apartments that are only slightly larger than that as well. These examples may give the […]
Dear Humanity, The Gizmodo article about a computer passing the turing test popped up on my social media feed and it got me thinking. You ever hear a young single person talk about having a kid? They are often worried about their own lives so much that the possibility of taking care of another life […]
In this month of movement and fitness, I have been able to try somethings I never had before. There are very cerebral actions like fencing, that require technical skill and focus, as well as strategy. Conversely, some movements like improvisational dance require you to be more emotive and exploratory. I’ve found that running can create […]
Earlier this year we shared Four Ways Your Darkest Moment Could Be The Beginning Of Your Life Change, where Mark Bowness shares break through message of “suicide to success.” It was in through the process of trying to take his own life that he was able to see potential for a better future. Mark spends […]