CNN Money’s “Innovation Nation” just posted a video on how businesses are investing in New Orleans and helping to rebuild the city into a “green mecca.” How are you using your skills to creatively and positively impact and grow your global community?    

Check out Dale Dougherty’s TED TALK on inventing and “playing with technology” where he argues that all people have a natural inclination to create and invent. But what happens when that inclination begins to wane and you don’t feel like you have the drive to create anymore? If you’re an artist feeling as if you’ve [...]

Back in May 2010, I began this site in hopes of providing a resource for artists, particularly actors seeking creative and practical ways to brand themselves online. But ultimately, after working with a number of artists and conducting hours of research, what I learned is that a tactical guide to branding is not necessarily what [...]

If you want someone to really see the beauty in a painting, place it in a room with nothing else like it or make sure that nothing else like it was ever made. If you give the painting an ornate frame (gold would do) or place it in a building that’s known for its prestige [...]

I just read an interesting post in Jezebel about a tradition at St. Andrews University (Scotland) where students throw a “foam party” at the culmination of a tradition called Raisin Week – a six-week long mentoring of freshmen by seniors. The foam blowout is part of the celebration and “the giving of thanks” to seniors [...]

SocialTimes.com recently did a recent write up of amazingly talented kids with artistic gifts rivaling and even surpassing that of adults. These kids remind me that being an artist is about: 1) Performing from the heart 2) Staying humble even when everyone places you on a pedestal 3) Thanking the people who keep you humble [...]