Think about eating in a dirty kitchen, driving in a cluttered car, or trying to find your favorite pair of jeans in a massive pile of unfolded clothing. What did you think about while imagining yourself doing these things? The mess and the way you felt being around it. Messy life, messy mind. It’s hard […]
Getting leis, wigs and other things… What inspires me and makes me crazy at the same time? At simple sight, I’m just a regular girl. I don’t seem too extroverted or talkative and sometimes I can be a little shy. Only those who get to talk to me or spend time with me around the […]
WAVE HELLO. I recently just made a big move from Los Angeles to Miami for graduate school. Although I am making friends through school, I am finding that it is relatively hard to meet new people. Often I find myself thinking that there should be an easier way to meet people. One of the easiest […]
Enhance Your Creativity in 4 Steps While I was doing my undergrad in Biology, I would literally wait 364 days in a year in order to express my creativity. Halloween suddenly became the only window I had to escape from all the science books to finally be myself. Throughout the whole year, I would silently […]
CREATIVE MANIFESTO by: Stephanie Armstrong Keep Going. There comes a point in the creative process where the end looks impossibly far. I have found that the best results come from not accepting what is “good enough” but reaching for greatness. Don’t have a million unfinished projects. If you start something then finish […]
Moving is a sore pain in multiple aspects physically and mentally, everyone knows this. It’s exhausting, often times chaotic, usually inconvenient, and everything takes longer than originally predicted. There is a lot of emphasis on the physical aspect of it. The packing, carrying, loading… yes, of course it’s a physically demanding and exhausting process. One […]
Ever had a bad hair day? Personally, I seem to have those all the time. I have developed some techniques throughout the years to try to avoid it, such as not washing my hair right before going to sleep, or putting on a hat for half an hour in an attempt to put it all […]
Art directors will find themselves in front of their computers for hours most days. After a great idea is delivered, its time to get to work to make them come to life, whether its with a new design on Illustrator, or mocking something up on Photoshop. That work can become very tedious sometimes, and a […]
I was sitting on my couch one Thursday evening with nothing pending on my to do list for once. I’ve wanted some free time to myself for weeks, and now that I had some, I ironically had no idea what to do with it! While staring blankly into thin air, my mind gravitated toward the […]
Creative people have to find inspiration every day in order to be successful in their jobs. But that is easier said than done, and sometimes that inspiration just won’t come. That’s why I’ve created a list with 5 steps for any creative to take before and during their creative process, to give them that little […]