Just a copywriter and brand strategist that writes poems by candlelight.
denim... and catchy headlines.
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. - Charles Mingus
The power of wordplay. Give me any word and I can make an acronym out of it. I dare you.
Community garden coordinator
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Jonathan’s CreativeMornings activity
One, no one owes you anything. Two, no one invited you into the art world (ie. no one owes you anything).
If you play baseball and you come home with your uniform without dirt, then you didn't play.
I was using literal dollar-store chalk to create elaborate designs for some of the world's most influential people and brands. Creating beautiful things from simple and unexpected materials is in my blood.
Continue creating beautiful things, even when you feel voiceless, that your resources are limited, or that your well has run dry...The most valuable piece of art I own, a tiny umbrella fashioned out of trash, was made right in the middle of a literal and figurative desert.
With at least half of the camp population made up of children under the age of 17, the adults were determined to provide them with an illusion of normalcy.
create...beautiful things out of the most mundane mediums
Gaman: to endure the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity
I found my muse - it's my family's firsthand pilgrimage through this literal and figurative desert that has taught me so much about the power of beauty and creativity.
Forgiveness is liberating, and allowed me to free up space to focus on other things that I was interested in.
The last words he said to me were, "Stay Black."
I got what I inspected and not what I expected.
Internal Voice: "Is the creative morning cancelled?" Us: "No, it isn't." Internal Voice: "Than why are we not preparing?" Us: "It's online this time, everybody in front of their webcams." Internal Voice: "Do you not need me anymore?" Us: ... 😂
If you know how much something costs, stand up confidently and tell them. If you don't know how much something costs, then say 'I don't, but I'm going to find out'... just sound like you know what you're talking about even when you don't because you can always find out later.
The minute they show theirs, I have to show mine.
Starting work without a contract is like putting a condom on after you've taken a home pregnancy test.
There are two cheques that I write every month that I'm very happy to write. One is to [my lawyer], the second one is to my therapist.
Yes, you can fire a client.
Let this be a sign of what's to come and walk away from it.
Fuck you. Pay Them.
Make sure that everyone understands what they've agreed to... Clear expectations, clear definitions.