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Published by admin on June 22, 2016

3 Things You Can Do When You Feel Like Hitting Your Head Against the Wall

Many of you know that I’ve been struggling to come up with new content for my blog, Down-n-Dirty Blog on Relationships, for several months. My process, from the inception of my blog until now, has looked something like this: I was urged by a friend to start a blog (and spare my friends my rampant, daily musings on fb) Wrote…

Published by admin on June 21, 2016

When Writing Fails Me

I think it’s a sign that I’m not living. Damn. Time to re-create myself. Again. Get busy living or get busy dying www.alexobed.com

Published by admin on May 21, 2016

The Key to Unleashing Your Creative Soul

I listened to this amazing TED talk yesterday: Your Creative Elusive Genius, by Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love). Watch TED Talk. (If you’re busy, just skip to the 10′ mark and give a short listen.) I never considered myself much of a creative person. I don’t draw like my mom; play trumpet like my brother; or make model…

Published by admin on March 11, 2016

Who is an Artist?

I was once told, and rather smugly, by a woman in California, Alex, you’re not an Artist. It made my blood boil, but was there truth to what she was saying? After all, I wasn’t producing much art at the time. I said back, rather defensively, I see life through the eyes of an artist. …

Published by admin on March 4, 2016

Creative People: Why Are You So LAZY?!

I woke up at 1:30pm today with this thought: Am I lazy or…? A lot of us judge ourselves by how productive we are in our day-to-day lives. This is a big problem for creative types. (And by creative types, I mean YOU. Not the you you are now, but the latent creative you who is lying-in-waiting. Why? Because…

Published by admin on December 17, 2015

Writing Down the Bones

It’s a title of a book by Natalie Goldberg, actually. Writing Down the Bones. I loved it! It’s exactly what you’d think it would be about. Getting raw. Going where it hurts. Why? Because that’s where the GOLD is! Last night I had an interaction that displeased me greatly. A friend of mine was presenting at our weekly training for my…

3 Things You Can Do When You Feel Like Hitting Your Head Against the Wall