I Video Guest Blog On Brainzooming.com (The Creativity Blog)
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the fantastic and well-known blogger, Mike Brown from Brainzooming.com at the Central Exchange in Kansas City. (View the video/blog) It was such fun to listen to him speak about blogging after having done it myself for a while. But what I love the most about Mike’s great work is his blog topic…creativity.
Being a creative individual myself, I know that there are days when great ideas just pour out of me and others when I struggle just to get one drop of a marginal idea out. I really appreciate Mike’s views, ideas, research and work. Without creativity and such support for creativity, the world would be stuck and there would cease to be inspiration for others to be creative (and accepted).
I look back to high school when I sometimes felt like the “weird girl.” I made most of my own clothes constantly and liked to push the limit with them. I remember making backdrops for the big stage for our shows and even making all of the costumes for an entire group of girls for us to perform in. They were all pure white fabric I used my spray gun to paint each one individually. Man, I wish I could have time like that again!
I don’t think everyone thought they were great, but I know most of the girls and the audience liked them…and I want to thank those girls, and that audience. I would like to thank all of the people in the world that see something new and different and don’t make a face. Without such supportive individuals in this world (that may not even fancy themselves as creative) no new ideas could fly. I guess it takes a flock to give an idea wings.
I dedicate this blog to Mike, all of the creative people in the world no matter what media they work in and to the audiences that make them great. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Make your world fab, trust yourself, the creativity in you and your instincts,
Jill
VIEW THE 3 MINUTE VIDEO ON BRAINZOOMING.COM by clicking here
Super-creative expert, Mike Brown and me
Make it fab!
-Jill
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February 19, 2010 8:41 pm
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By Mike Brown, February 19, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
Jill –
I’m so honored that you dedicated this post to me. You’re too kind.
It was great to meet you, and it’s so humbling to know the presentation and blog had an impact. Often blogging seems a pretty lonely endeavor, sitting at a computer hoping people will benefit from experiences and learning you share. When there aren’t comments or other feedback, you wonder about that some days. Knowing someone’s benefited in even a small way provides consolation on the days when it seems you’re off the mark. As I write that, it doesn’t sound all that dissimilar to the experiences you describe in high school. And I thought those days were far in the rearview mirror!
My creativity story was born out of an environment where creativity was supported, but in a begrudging way – not out of meanness, but from a sense that creativity was on the fringes. I wrote the ebook, Taking the NO Out of InNOvation to share some of the techniques I’ve learned and used to fan creative sparks amid that type of environment. Any of your readers can download a free copy of the ebook at the Brainzooming website.
Again, thank you for the kind words, and I look forward to adding you to my extended creative team!
Mike