How To Matter?

What’s your sign?

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I ate it today in the bowl. Nothing too crazy, but enough to remind me that I once broke my wrist. And my ankles hurt so much it was hard to walk after a couple hours of skating. As I got into my truck to leave, my sore hip and shoulder from a fall earlier [...]

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What if we’re all artists?

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It’s a stretch to accept, I know. But that’s the nature of a ‘what if’. If it had already been widely adopted, it’d be a ‘what is’, not a ‘what if’.
Defining Art
Part of the problem is that we all have this stereotypical idea about what art is and, therefore, what an artist must be. I’m [...]

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Only you will do

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Somebody recently advised that success requires us to stand apart. To differentiate. I like that advice.
Because the thing is, it’s not about better. Just different. There’s enough access today to the 6 billion people on this planet that your brand of crazy is exactly what a few thousand other people across the globe are looking [...]

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What if we stopped marketing? Completely.

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I’m not intentionally a contrarian, but I have to admit I don’t like people telling me what to do. But this is exactly what advertisers (and, by extension, most businesses) do every day. They cram a particular value, and the resulting desire, down our throats.That sort of control, despite claims to the contrary, and it’s [...]

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In with the old

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It occurred to me today that a consumer-driven society is decidedly less possible when ‘old’ is appropriately valued. That’s hard to achieve at a time when many products are purposely made with a limited life span. And when these same products are marketed in such way that makes you feel like you’ve absolutely got to [...]

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