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simple, useful, or beautiful
Many of us think that organizing our life is a perfect balance rather than an impossible pursuit. It’s neither.
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The two enemies of the creative life
The first enemy is obvious. But that second one…we’re tricked into thinking that it is necessary. What makes us good.
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So many options
The enemy of the good isn’t just the perfect. It is any attempt to avoid doing the work. And still changing our minds.
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Playing with Presentation
Sometimes I like to play with the look of this website. Often it is because I’ve gotten bored or I’ve seen something I like somewhere else. And sometimes it isn’t about my site, my vision, or my expectations. I sometimes get the desire to change things up because something in the world changes and I…
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Create – the forgotten language of the season
One year my Mom tried to get us to make our Christmas gifts for one another. There is some serious backstory to all of this, but suffice it to say, she thought she was offering us an antidote to what ailed us. My Mom is an artist. So everyone groaned and thought she had a…
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You Have to Choose
In the internet age, we’re all content creators. This didn’t start with the internet, but with us. We all have something to say.
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The Joy of Creating Something New
It starts from a deep source of frustration. That will to create, to build the next new thing. It begins with frustration. We aren’t happy or satisfied with what we have. Maybe it isn’t pretty or maybe it is harmful to us. What frustrates us can instead inspire us. About 10 months ago I changed…
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Foolish
Foolish (Day 6 of A Simple Lent) After berating the people of Corinth, Paul then gives them direction. Asking who is wise? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? GOD turns on its head the wise and the foolish! The wisdom of the world looks stupid before GOD. Wisdom which is still often…