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May 23, 2006

Art Inseparable from the Railroad, Insurance Office, Joint-Stock Company

- Crossroads Dispatches

Wow, what an amazing week. Too much to fill you in on and I'm off to Seattle where I'm staying at The Alexis, which according to their site is: "A Work of Art", is committed to the local arts... ›››

Category: Innovators and Creators | The Future of Work

May 15, 2006

It Takes a Lifetime to Create a Masterpiece

- Crossroads Dispatches

I'm listening to Bette Midler's The Rose on an iPod as I write. On Friday night, a few friends were at my friend's Ruby's place helping out just prior to her first public showing of her artwork in over... ›››

Category: Awareness | Innovators and Creators | Teachable Moments | The Greater Hunger

May 11, 2006

Someday When I Make A Fortune I'll Rent My Fridge Out

- Crossroads Dispatches

Maybe you've seen those Wells Fargos ads. "Someday we'll have a guestroom," as the couple contemplate their (red?) couch with their snoring friend in the living room. "Someday we'll make a fortune" is particularly bland -- a way too... ›››

Category: Awareness | Innovators and Creators | Teachable Moments

May 10, 2006

Write Like Your Heart Speaks

- Crossroads Dispatches

The first day I began writing last week, May 2nd - I mean really writing, I've been talking about writing a book since I was seven or nine - Ruby said, "What time are you starting?" "Today?" "What time... ›››

Category: Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators | Start-Ups | writing

May 03, 2006

A Metaphor is Worth a Thousand Pictures

- Crossroads Dispatches

What is it about metaphors that makes them so vivid? The bite in the Apple logo at once conveys the garden of Eden, wisdom, crossing the lines of convention, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.... ›››

Category: Advertising | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Creativity | Innovators and Creators | Marketing | art | brands | innovation | inspiration | metaphor | myth | poetry | symbols | writing

April 27, 2006

I Imagine That Yes is the Only Living Thing

- Crossroads Dispatches

You'd think we lived in the Pacific Northwest with the record-setting rain we'd been getting. The forecast was for intermittent rain again through the weekend. This particular Easter weekend I'd scheduled a retreat with friends up at Hidden Villa.... ›››

Category: Awareness | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators

April 26, 2006

The Marriage of Receptivity and Presence

- Crossroads Dispatches

I promised to share more on how inspiration plays a pivotal role in innovation and conceiving unique marketing ideas. This post isn't instructive as much as one that puts you in the mood to inquire about inspiration, receptivity, and... ›››

Category: Awareness | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators | writing

April 24, 2006

The Ho-Hum Business Vision Quest

- Crossroads Dispatches

In the creative state a man is taken out of himself. He lets down as it were a bucket into his subconscious, and draws up something which is normally beyond his reach. He mixes this thing with his normal... ›››

Category: Awareness | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators

April 20, 2006

Heart-storming

- Crossroads Dispatches

I was so inspired to post on my return from my retreat on Tuesday (actually it's not a retreat as in going back, but a dwelve: to dwell in awareness, to inhabit my self, to fathom and penetrate a... ›››

Category: Awareness | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators | The Greater Hunger

April 14, 2006

First Flight

- Crossroads Dispatches

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid. - Dorothea BrandeI did not intend to write a post for today because "I'm way too busy preparing materials for the retreat this weekend." Small group, friends of friends... ›››

Category: Awareness | Innovators and Creators

April 13, 2006

Do Buddhist Marketers Talk About Grace?

- Crossroads Dispatches

I met a new friend and fellow marketer yesterday. I presumed he was Buddhist, but he dropped the word grace into our conversation one too many times. "Do Buddhists talk about grace?" "I'm not Buddhist." Oh, of course. I... ›››

Category: Awareness | Clear and Resonant Marketing | Innovators and Creators | Marketing | Start-Ups

April 07, 2006