by Mike Roy | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, Mindset, Myths
The Beauty Myth says that the highest and best purpose of art is to be visually beautiful. It also implies that creative work should look to the standard of beauty first when it wants to attract attention, communicate a message, or sell a product. I assert that while...
by Mike Roy | Jul 19, 2016 | Business, Marketing, Mindset
How “Unfair” Can Work In Your Favor I learned pretty quickly how life can be unfair. I was a skinny, uncoordinated kid growing up. That meant I was usually near the last to be picked in the dog-eat-dog arena of spontaneous childhood playground sports. There I was,...
by Mike Roy | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
What Creative Freedoms Are Important To You? History is full of inspiring stories about heroes who made incredible sacrifices for a thing called freedom. William Wallace, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the award winning film Braveheart, is a stirring example of someone...
by Mike Roy | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
Click Here to Get the Workbook for this article. Generally, I try to avoid clichés. That includes writing year-end posts with titles like “How to Have The Most Creative Year Ever In [ insert year here. ]”. But since I’m so fond of irony, i’ll...
by Mike Roy | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Mindset, Myths
The Consumer Myth is the idea that artists and creatives can consume media without being affected by it. My generation spent much of our childhoods convincing our parents that this wasn’t true, especially when it came to video games. We certainly weren’t...
by Mike Roy | Oct 22, 2015 | Blog, Business, Marketing, Mindset
I’m writing this in the waning hours of one of those impromptu cultural “holidays” that sometimes emerge from the grassroots of our culture… “Back To The Future Day.” This quasi-holiday is named Back to the Future Day because in the second movie of the series,...
