Tag: Memory

• Update on going analog…

  A couple of weeks ago, I decided to eschew my electronic tasks list, calendar, and notepad in favor of a pen-and-paper system, i.e., a notebook. I was inspired by Austin Kleon’s suggestion to go analog to improve creativity. So far, it’s been working well, other than the small inconvenience that the notebook I chose is…

  Shannon Turlington

  October 1, 2015

  Asides

  Austin Kleon, Creativity, Going analog, Memory, Notebooks, Productivity

• Inspired by Austin Kleon…

  I’ve decided to go analog and carry a notebook with me for recording my to-do lists, ideas, upcoming events, monthly goals, and the like, instead of relying on my phone or tablet. (See my last post.) Sure, it’s one more thing I have to cart around, but I carry a backpack purse anyway. I’ve noticed…

  Shannon Turlington

  September 16, 2015

  Asides

  Analog, Memory, Notebooks, Writing

• Notes on The Creative Habit

  The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp is the first of several books I’m planning to read on the creative process. Tharp’s book is a great place to start, as it contains many nuggets of useful information on fashioning a creative life that can be put into practice immediately. Although Tharp’s art is dance, her advice is…

  Shannon Turlington

  August 24, 2015

  Notebook

  Accidents, Art, Creativity, Failure, Grooves, Habits, Memory, Metaphor, Projects, Reading notes, Rituals, Ruts, Scratching, Skills, Spine, Twyla Tharp, Writing