Sobriquet of A Creator

I’m knee-deep in research, planning, and logistics. There is very high complexity and ease with starting a business. So as I start to sift through the mounds of material about starting a business, from LinkedIn learning courses to books to personal advice from those that have done it, I am amazed and concerned by the sheer multitude of material that is out there. The holiday season provides a…

Photo by Take my shoes and walk a mileSomethin’ that you can’t do (Woo, hey)Big talks of the town, big boy gang moves (Gang moves)I like to walk around wit’ my chain loose (Chain, chain)Migos , Walk It Talk It We’ve been here before. A lot of talks and no action. The ideas spin, and I still have not made any progress. It did take me until 2018 to decide on going to Grad school from graduating…

Have you ever wondered what's next for you? What do you want from a career? Are you creative? Have you ever wanted to combine the two come with me as I explore what that means to me?

I’m getting paid for that?Nah, I’m getting paid for that?I’m getting paid for that?Nah, I’m getting paid for that?(All of these hoes been on meI’ll never go back homie)Lil Dicky, Work(Paid for that) I’m not sure where my creativity begins or ends and where my drive to influence is part of people’s aha-moments. In the last post, we talked a little about “What Sucess Looks Like” I challenged…

What does Success look like?

I took the thanksgiving holiday to think long and hard about what comes next. We identified the problem; Problem: Determining a creative outlet that lets me create in a way that soothes my need to make something with my hands, help people grow, and have an impact.  Then I described my process for creation. While these provide a good start and context, I feel that I am leaving something out. I…

“I’m just an addict, addicted to music Maybe it’s a habit…I gotta use it.”Rakim I’m addicted to music as a drug. Rakim, did put it best because it has become so much of a habit for me to turn on music to start the creative process that I do it reflexively. No lest jump right in. We established our problem in the previous post, creative inception , but let’s make sure that we are on the same…

Creative’s Inception

It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazineSalt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousineHangin’ pictures on my wallEvery Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley MarlI let my tape rock ’til my tape popped.Notoriuous BIG, Juicy Because everything starts with a song and music for me, the world’s noise is drowned out to the calm inner chaos that is my mind. Instead of thinking or dreaming of…

It’s Time to Create

We have been on a journey for the past few weeks. I stopped and paused here in there, but we have managed to work through change and grief. This post is not continuing the theme, but I wanted to highlight the time we spent together looking at what the shift grief cycle had to offer. Here I want to take a look at what’s next. Over the past few weeks of posting, engaging, and I’ve been reviewing…

Kicking off into Acceptance

Yeah, he said it was something so appealingHe couldn’t fight the feeling, something about itHe knew he couldn’t doubt it, couldn’t understand itLupe Fiasco, Kick Push And here we are, the place where feelings, reality, and understanding cheese into truth. We understand that we just feel that a weight has been lifted and that we are centered in moving forward. Pushing past the stumbling blocks of…

Yesterday, was the start of fall break for my oldest. My wife and I, took the day off and took the girls to the Aquarium. There really isnt anything like seeing the expressions of joy on a child’s face that makes life worth it. At least for me there isn’t. Well get back to change and grief but here is a little joy to brighten up the day.

Be the flame and try: Testing solutions

Where there is desireThere is gonna be a flameWhere there is a flameSomeone’s bound to get burnedBut just because it burnsDoesn’t mean you’re going to dieYou’ve gotta get up and try, try, tryGotta get up and try, try, tryYou gotta get up and try, try, try– P!nk, Try Practice makes perfect but not in real life. There is no perfection, only incremental improvements that make situations, processes,…

Slippin – a path through the Darkness

Ha ha ha ha ha ha, uhh See, to live is to suffer but to survive Well, that’s to find meaning in the sufferingSlippin – DMX Are you at a point where sadness and loss have taken over? an overwhelming sense of sadness, anger, and anxiety persists? This is a state of Depression. The phase of the Grief/Change cycle is where we start to believe that we have no input in the outcome. We believe that we…

Stay in the Meaning: Bargaining

Well, we’re halfway through the cycle. Grief and change are so interchangeable that I hope you have come to understand that in experiencing grief, we are experiencing change. In making a change, we experiment with grief for what was once our comfort zone because everything was once new and novel at one point in our lives. We’re on a journey through the grief change cycle. We’ve established the…

Blood in my Eyes

I got ice in my veins, blood in my eyesHate in my heart, love in my mindI seen nights full of pain, days of the sameYou keep the sunshine, save me the rainAnd I search but never find, hurt but never cryI work and forever try but I’m cursed, so never mindAnd it’s worse but better times seem further and beyond Think about the last time you were angry. What was it like? How did you know you were…

The Madness in my Head : understanding Denial

Let’s dive a little deeper. Last week I described how change and grief are connected. If you missed it, you could find it HERE. After outlining some of the points of difference, I identified the stages of change and grief. The significant phases of Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Testing, and Acceptance. I felt the need to dive in deeper, like that Foshee song, I been trying not to go off…

Breathe and Reset: Change and Grief in action

Breathe, ohWoo, woo, wooBreatheOne and then the two (Two)Two and then the three (Three)Three and then the four (Four)Then you gotta breathe (Breathe)One and then the two (Two)Two and then the three (Three)Three and then the four (Four)Then you gotta breathe (Breathe)Then you gottaThen you gotta Take that in, Breathe…Your pulse is racing, your mind chaotic, sweaty palms. It’s the sensation from a…

Runaway Identity: the Moniker of A Creative an exploration of identity over my life. #blogger #midwestblogger #indyblogger #indy #music #blackblogger #bloggerstribe

I felt the need to talk about identity as it has been on my mind recently with another year passing and having a lot of things currently on my mind to deal with. I’m revisiting posts like, Listen here, I’ll tell you my biggest fears, How to balance being batman by Bruce Wayne, and Requiem of Self to gain perspective. Recalling how I felt at those times and where I was in life. While life will…