What would you do about the pirate situation off the coast of Somalia? ********** There is nothing simple about the country of Somalia on the eastern Horn of Africa. It achieved independence from Britain and Italy in 1960 and because of its important strategic location near the mouth of the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia… Continue Reading
Creative Approaches To What You Have Been Thinking About
Category Archives: Conflict Resolutions & Interesting Impediments
Spill Your Juice Specifically and Embrace your Obsession
I am pretty sure I have met the perfect woman for me. And if she isn’t a lesbian she is open to being with women. ********** Jennifer was late and had called about her being turned around and lost twice by that point. I didn’t mind at all, it was actually quite funny and endearing…. Continue Reading
Chase Tragedy: Do the opposite of your goals
“This is something else I can blame my mother for – her cancer is ruining my comedy career.” ********** I have been very fortunate to have been involved with the Upright Citizens Brigade since they first arrived in New York City from Chicago in 1996. I stumbled into their first show in New York by… Continue Reading
What baby feet and St. Anthony have to do with making decisions
“We can’t agree where to live. So settle this for us. Where should we live?” ********************** We all think that the process of decision making is not only our own but fairly straight forward. We look at the decision that needs to be made, anticipate some likely outcome, weigh them against each other and then… Continue Reading
Inner & Outer Trash Transformed To Inner & Outer Art
There is no lack of trash in the world. It is astonishing. For every piece of good citizenry we do by snagging the swirling bag blowing in front of us there seems to be an unending number of bags and bottles and papers to replace the one you just got. It is a huge problem… Continue Reading
Smallness: On Listening and Silence in Public
When people sit down at the table sometimes I need to do some heavy lifting – which I don’t mind at all. Sometimes some proverbial brush needs to be cleared before a creative approach can be found/discovered/offered. Sometimes all that is needed is just the barest touch.C sat down happily brimming at how much she… Continue Reading
Cruise Control, Auto Pilot, Setting Goals: Sleep Inducers
Often there is a sense that making goals is a good and useful thing. And I suppose that in some cases, maybe in many cases, it is. But goals can be a version of auto-pilot or cruise control. Far too easily we turn into Ron Popeil and “set it and forget it.” We are pointed… Continue Reading
Finding a new home by inverting a laundry list
If you are reading this blog then you live in a world where productivity, efficiency and progress rule. We are goal oriented and growth-minded. And to this end we have a whole raft of tools to help us plant a flag in the virgin ground of our futures. There are algorithms on Amazon suggesting to… Continue Reading
The Sabbath of Insecurity for Incompetent Idiots
Years ago I helped my friend Katherine kick heroin. I had never had any experience with the drug (or any drugs for that matter) and in the frightening process learned a tremendous amount about addiction, biology and the underground drug world. Signing on at the hospital as the one to have responsibility to make her… Continue Reading
Disrupting Stomach Pain, Disrupting the Road to Hell
The Western world is so backwards that a whole industry arose out of mitigating pain from intrinsically painful activities. Hey, I can understand aspirin but ergonomic wrist supports? Desk chairs that tilt or flex or destabilize? Why not just design things that aren’t going to induce repetitive stress injuries? Admittedly better design is happening. But… Continue Reading