Shape Your Dreams
I sat down to talk to one of my coworkers on Tuesday to take a look at something he had made. He is taking classes on stone carving and was explaining what he had just finished in class. Through that initial class he produced a wonderful little statue that he is very proud of. Then he did something that made me smile. He said “Teller,… →
Once you clear the difficult hurdle of actually physically completing your idea it is common to believe that the journey is over. After all you’ve done what you’ve set out to do. You’ve conquered your doubts and succeeded in dragging your dreams into reality. After all that effort and work all you want to do is take a load off and congratulate yourself. What else… →
At last the moment you have been waiting for! You have had your grand idea. You’ve thought about it, played with it, and developed a plan of attack. Now it’s time to drag your idea kicking and screaming into this reality. Make no mistake though, while you have been preparing for this as much as you can, this step is one of the most difficult.… →
The first mistake people tend to make after they have their brilliant idea is to assume that it is indeed brilliant and perfect and utterly infallible. I am here to ask you to consider that perhaps it is not. The creative idea you have is just an idea at this point. It is a start, but if you want to make it a reality you… →
What is creativity? Where do our stories come from? It is something that I will be unable to answer here with these few short paragraphs. Creativity has been the focus of several major neurological studies and a topic that has been written about in countless books. Some will have you believe creativity is an act of divine inspiration, others that it is a harmonious dance… →
his is a topic very near and dear to my heart, it is the basis of the Dream Anvil. I believe that every one of us can be creative. Yes even you. We may not all be able to sculpt like Bernini but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that we all have the capacity to create something. All of us do it in our own little ways. We shape and mold, we paint and write, sing and dance, every single day. It brings us joy. It allows us to escape from our world for just a moment. Everyone creates, in their own little ways. Be it a sketch or a little ditty you just made up in your head, we all make stuff. What separates us from the other species on this planet, is our ability to create. What you make and how good it is, ultimately is up to you. That is what that ring represents, the creativity and its vast potential inside us all.