On one of my favorite podcasts, ESPN's Football Today, they play a clip of Pete Carroll, the new coach for the Seattle Seahawks, at his introductory press conference. He steps to the mic, and in a singularly uninspired voice he intones, "I am so fired up....."
The point is: you can't fake it anymore. There's too many people watching with their blogs, phone cams, Twittering, etc.
So here's 3 nifty things that crossed my desk today to keep your creative juices flowing:
1) The Night I Met Einstein - by Jerome Weidman from Derek Sivers' blog - http://sivers.org/weidman
the story of a man whose ears were opened to Bach by the brilliant physicist himself
2) Ed Hamell, who goes under the name Hamell On Trial, has written 156 songs in 156 days. He's releasing an album called "15 of 100" of the best of the first 100. He is still writing - http://hamelltv.com - inspirational creative outbursting! You go, Ed!
3) An interview with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead from 1978, in which he talks about buying every guitar instructional book he can get his hands on to learn new exercises. Whatever you might think of Jerry, it's pretty cool to hear a guitarist of his stature talk about getting back to basics and the value of constant learning......http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/gp-flashback-/February-2010/108399
Practice Beginner's Mind.
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