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Today’s Creative Invitation: Beginning Again, Gently
There’s something quietly powerful about beginning again — not in a dramatic, life-overhaul way, but in the small, human way. The kind that happens when you sit down, take a breath, and decide to show up to your creative life as it is today, not as you think it “should” be. We don’t need to…
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Tom Hunter Discusses Songwriting and Leaving His Legacy
Interview by Briyan Frederick Baker Tom Hunter is a songwriter, from Texas, retired from a long career in music. He is creatively busy recreating his large catalog of songs into new renditions using AI music making tools. The activity of working with recordings from his past releases has now sparked new writing and Tom makes…
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AI Is Not Theft: Creativity, Aging, and the Long Tradition of New Tools
“AI is theft. Plain and simple. If you use AI for art, you’re not creating, nor are you an artist. You’re a liar and a thief.” That kind of statement is becoming common. It’s angry, absolute, and rooted in a very real fear: that something precious is being taken away. But from the perspective of…
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The Art of Not Rushing: How Slowness Becomes a Superpower After 50
You don’t lose your spark with age. You just learn to protect it from unnecessary fires.
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Start Where the Light Lands
You don’t need a new plan, a cleared calendar, or the perfect idea. You only need to notice where the light lands today — on your desk, your coffee, a photograph, your face in the mirror. That’s where your creativity begins.It’s not about catching up to the years behind you; it’s about lighting the ones…
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The Four Agreements and the Wisdom of Aging
The Four Agreements, written by Don Miguel Ruiz, has become a widely respected guide to living with clarity, integrity, and inner peace. Rooted in ancient Toltec wisdom, the book outlines four simple yet profound agreements we can make with ourselves: These agreements are often taught as universal principles for navigating life, but they hold unique…
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Creative Aging: Telling Stories Through Art and Music
I’ve spent most of my life in printshops. My career has been in local printshop graphics—helping people turn their words, designs, and ideas into something they could hold in their hands. Alongside that, I was publishing GAJOOB, first in print and then online, a zine dedicated to giving independent musicians a voice. GAJOOB is still…
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Band People: Franz Nicolay’s Dispatches from the Trenches
There’s a special kinship you feel reading Franz Nicolay’s Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music. It’s not about the rock stars. It’s about the ones who keep the van rolling, the drummers who don’t get publishing, the lifers who hang onto the gig even when the math doesn’t add up. Nicolay’s been there…
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Listening to Silence: Genevieve Taggard and the Quiet Power of Aging Creatively
In the chorus of modern life, we often forget the value of quiet. We forget that silence isn’t emptiness—it’s space. It’s pause. It’s potential. And in this space, creativity often finds its voice. Genevieve Taggard (1894–1948) understood this. A poet of fierce conviction and deep lyricism, Taggard spent her life engaged with the political and…
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Creative Idea: Use AI To Tell Personal Stories Inspired by a Day’s Phone Photos
A Christmas Eve Drive The sky was wide and crisp, the Wasatch Mountains rising stoic beneath a patchwork of drifting clouds. The road stretched empty ahead, sunlight gleaming off the asphalt—a rare moment of peace on the freeway. I was heading home. The kind of home that never changes, even when everything else does. Inside…
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