A creativity break

"4.2.08 - I look at my screen and see only blank white. I've been dancing around this empty idea for a couple hours, and it won't get any better without help. I reach for some old CAs, flip through them for inspiration. No dice. All I feel inspired to do is draw and paint, not design. I'm beginning to think that the results speak for themselves. When designing gets difficult, I reach for my pen and brush, and I almost always find joy there. Have I missed my true calling? Initially, it appears so. But if that is the case, I have no remorse over it. I can always start down another path, and this way at least I get a paycheck while I chase down what I really want to do. And this hobby really works well when it's relief from my job. I hate to imagine how it would be if it was the job from which I need some relief."

In retrospect, I really do enjoy being a designer sometimes. I wonder how many true designers would get joy from some of the stuff I'd had to do lately. But my question is this: people out there who have a job doing what you absolutely love, where do you turn when that job wears on you?

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Now playing: Melpo Mene - Dream About Me

An ironic form of creativity

Because if an idea is worth stealing, it's worth stealing from Milton Glaser.

More.

Am I getting carried away with posting? Perhaps. But I just wanted to document my higher creative output. Here's a drawing I invented:


Also, awesome link of the day: Marmaduke Explained.

Clean-up on aisle four.

Let's get somethings straightened out from the weekend.

I thought I could overcome the shame that accompanied my blatantly ripping off a good idea on Friday, but sadly I cannot. I have felt so unoriginal since then. That's not good for someone who derives their very livelihood from creativity and originality. Not good at all. I need absolution.

The NFL draft went pretty well for my Vikings. I'm almost excited about next year. When Brady Quinn was available for the Vikes at #7, I felt quite conflicted. In the end I'm glad we picked up Adrian Peterson instead. Between him and Taylor we've got a great running force. Rookie of the year, I call it now. And I'm also still psyched about Tarvaris Jackson. I hope they hand him the keys. With Chad Greenway coming back from injury, it almost seems like we had an extra first-round draft pick this year. Solid.

So here's my predicament: I spent most of the last year wishing I could buy some new music. The budget's tight so I've had to put it all off. Then for my birthday last week I got like three iTunes gift cards, so much that I couldn't spend it all. I now have about $35 to hold onto and wait for new music to come out that I'd like to jump on. The problem is that THIS BLOWS. Is there really that little good music that's come out in the past year? Am I too afraid of blowing it to take a chance on something? Argh! My plan right now is to keep a close eye on metacritic for the next few months. I'm tempted to get Neon Bible.

That's it for now. Enjoy your Monday and remember: Daniel Craig couldn't hold Roger Moore's bellbottoms.