Someone at my favorite coffee shop put on a playlist of one of my favorite bands. This put me in a great mindset to focus and write, today.
Here’s some of my creative endeavors.
“You see, when you walk slowly and with no real destination in mind you are not doing, you are just being. Such walking, such contemplation is the beginning of freedom, it is the necessary pre-condition for having your own thoughts and as such for truly living your own life.” https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/p/walking-as-inactivity
Long story short, I did a thing that scares me.
The Portland Maine Comedy Festival, 2024
The Portland Maine Comedy Festival is 9/5 to 9/8. Standup, improv, and sketch. Some me free shows, some for about 15$. https://www.portlandmainecomedy.com I’m performing sketch comedy with Hey Party People! on 9/6 & 9/8 https://www.portlandmainecomedy.com/friday/sketch-kickoff-showcase https://www.portlandmainecomedy.com/sunday/best-sketch-for-last And we’re always open to new writers and/or performers.
The meaning of life?
“Creativity is an unexceptional, ubiquitous quality of all reality. This is something astonishing and worth celebrating. As humans, we are not the origins of creativity (it is not emerging out of our heads or originating in our ideas); rather, we can skillfully join and modify ongoing creative processes. Creativity is something we “surf”. Human creative processes are thus always more than human—and especially more than and very different from ideas. Our creative processes are enactive; they arise from and are creatively enabled by the relational dynamics of tools, environments, embodied practices, histories, and a dense weave of human collaboration.” https://emergentfutureslab.com/newsletter
Creativity isn’t a skill. It’s a natural process.
Too much cognitive load and overhead in learning concepts.app, currently. Plus I own Procreate and am subscribing to concepts. Also, Procreate probably plays nicer with Dreams as it’s the same company and tech. I am very tempted to reset procreate to defaults and maybe buy that nueland brush set I keep seeing everywhere. My reminder to self: Use what you already have: 1. Defaults first. 2. Then tinker. 3. Maybe buy new stuff.
Expired: blame spaces Tired: safe spaces Wired: brave spaces
Reminder to myself: Whatever pen and paper is closest to me, and notes.app are all I need.
Freeport, Maine. USA
About a rock and impermanence
https://wherelightgathers.com/this-rock/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv79l1b-eoI I can’t stop watching this. It’s mind bending and quite funny imho.
We need to bring back the Hiphopopotamus & Rhymenoceros.
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