Another month draws to a close. Full of excitement, inspiration, new memories and challenges. A month of new practices(blogging daily). A new source of inspiration. Taking more chances means living with fewer regrets means more joy. It has been a good month but hopefully the best is yet to come.

To be sculpted and molded by chisel or hand

Counting the years with piles of sand

cut and carried by wind and by stream

the creator working his glorious scheme

Some changes quick and some changes slow

Some change is painful and some helps you grow

Constantly changing, part old and part new

It takes work to become authentically you

Don't be like mike. Be you.

Micheal Jordan Temalı ESPN Reklamı from woniac on Vimeo.

Just being who you are can be disappointing to some people. They expect more from you. Expect you to be someone else. Unreal expectations that can cause problems in your relationships.
Then there are people who recognize who you are and not only accept it but celebrate it. Those are the people who are the most enjoyable to be around. The people who help you be more you. Find those people and treat them right because they are special.

today I traded a half a tank of gas
to stand in a new place and new light
to see more clearly just by turning the knob
the choreographed flight of birds
dancing to the declarations of the elk
while hearts and dragons flutter
to over rehearsed words
left unspoken
while unspoken words
fill the silence
the sun drifts into the hills
on a warm and chili night
as a heart filled with joy

Even with the price of gas these days
it was worth it.

Looking back at missed opportunities can cause one to wonder about what could have been. What if I had made better/different decisions? What would life be like now? Sometimes this can be a troubling venture. But it can also be a motivation going forward. As the years grow so does wisdom(hopefully). I would like to believe I would have made better choices if I had the wisdom that I do now. Statements like this make me sound old. When I was your age...
On the other hand there are many things that I am glad for in my life. Without those "poor" decisions in my life present circumstances would not be what they are.
So I find myself thankful for where I am and celebrate what God has done in my life and look forward to what He is doing through me. I am excited to see where things will go and what will happen next. What wisdom has given me is the drive that I need to make things happen, not wait for life to happen to me. Take some chances. Become who I am. To be more me and who God has created me to be. Fight against regret and go from here.

Inspiration. Design.
One of my avenues for creative inspiration comes from viewing the work of other creatives. Here are some of the sites that I frequent in search of creative feasts:

Graphic Exchange The work and graphic designer Fabien Barrel as a curation of his favorite work by other creatives.

From Up North A design blog and curation of creative work.

Lovely Package I have not done a lot of package design but I find inspiration here. Perhaps is the thought of thinking three dimensionally that intrigues me.

99u Behance's educational arm offering articles and videos on the creative process

Design Work Life catalog of design-centric inspiration

Design Seeds A resource for creating color palettes.

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

I love the distortion of time in films. I love the combination of slow motion and timelapse. These qualities give the characteristic of being outside of time and seeing the world in a different way. That new perception of time reveals things about the world around that are missed in typical pace of life. In this video I enjoy how the fog rolling in becomes like waves crashing up against the hills. In an almost fairytale sense, a city in the sky surrounded by billowing waves.