Title Pending: Make Bad Art

September 25, 2014Creativity, Songwriting, Title Pending

Tennis star Andre Agassi initially learned to play the game from his dad. Legend has it that, during those early lessons, Emmanuel Agassi (who had been an Olympic athlete himself) encouraged the young Andre to worry less about the accuracy of his strokes and instead, hit the ball as hard as he could. Someday, he … Read More

Title Pending: Keep Your Encouragements

September 9, 2014Creativity, Songwriting, Title Pending

Over the next few months, I’ll be posting short, video excerpts from Title Pending, the book I’ll release later this year. Title Pending is a look at my creative process and history. It will be available later this year. The above video is a few paragraphs from the book. I hope you find these thoughts helpful in your own … Read More

Lacrosse, Joy and When To Quit

August 10, 2014Creativity, Title Pending

Later this year, I’ll release a short book I’m calling “Title Pending: Things I Think About When I Make Stuff.” Between now and then, I’m posting previews of the book here at this blog and elsewhere, like the Art House America blog or On Pop Theology.  Below is the second installation (the first is here), this one written in response … Read More

Who Needs Another Book About Creativity?

August 5, 2014Creativity, Title Pending

Later this year, I’ll be releasing a short book I’m calling “Title Pending: Things I Think About When I Make Stuff.” Between now and then, I’m posting previews of the book here at this blog and elsewhere, like the Art House America blog or On Pop Theology.  Below is another such preview. I’d love to hear … Read More