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Charles Bukowskis view on art.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

…better known as his pen name, Mark Twain, A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. Mark Twain Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Mark Twain
The Light Has Gone

The Light Has Gone

Randomly doing some surfing of the internet when I came upon photos of pages of Teddy Roosevelt’s diary.

this is going to be a great read.

“I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things,” Jay-Z stated. “The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics-not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC-are poetry if you look at them closely enough.” he’s a brilliant man. -b

classic lupe verse

Or is it something they can never believe? Or is it something you can never achieve? Is it Beyond your means? Is it Inside your dreams? Can it Never come out cause it’s scared to Unprepared to Too worried about the words of the people it’s weird to You don’t want them to hear you...
My 25,000 Post Goal

My 25,000 Post Goal

Sketch by Hugh Macleod. Check out his book and site at gapingvoid.com I started reading “Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity” last night by Hugh Macleod and was inspired. For the record, this book is actually a masterpiece. It is a complete piece of art in its own right as it’s filled with...

Linchpin Review

I recently finished reading Linchpin written by marketing guru Seth Godin and felt compelled to let others know about it. The author has an entire chapter written titled “The Powerful Culture of Gifts” and that’s exactly what this book is to its readers, a gift. After receiving Linchpin for my Business Marketing graduation present I...

Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?

The book is based on an illustrators catalog of daily purchases. The art work is by Kate Bingaman-Burt’s view on the transparency of consumer culture. The artist began in 2002 starting off with a growing credit card debt and after that began to photograph her purchases first and then draw them after.  To see more...

Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

Are you one of those creatives that finds it difficult to complete tasks due to overwhelming new thoughts and ideas?  I stumbled across this novel while looking for a good read earlier this morning. A book dedicated to those creative people who have multiple projects on the go but get distracted by newer ideas simply...