The first creative moment I remember is dancing with my sister. Some funky seventies track was playing on the radio. I was probably about three and a half years old and my sister, Kathy, who towered above me, would have been seven. Kathy was employing an awkward shuffle step clap approach, while I was getting down, Michael Jackson-style, complete with elaborate spins. I could dance!
My best ideas tend to sprout from different situations I'm in where I perceive a need. When I was in the social work program, I wrote a handbook for clinicians on treating LGBTQ clients that is used by the faculty as a teaching tool. At the non-profit organization were I volunteer, I devised a more efficient, user-friendly way of dispensing an aspect of our services. While I learned a lot in the social work program, it was probably my dumbest idea (due to lack of foresight) to pursue an academic track that ended in an internship where I was, ultimately, dissatisfied with the actual clinical work. I just wanted to write!
My greatest creative ambition is to publish a book. In order to do this, I have to perfect my vision and write daily. I start my day with two cups of coffee, four cigarettes, and my computer. I compose a daily schedule and then set about writing. My problem is I have multiple writing projects that I bounce back and forth between. This keeps things fresh and exciting, but I need to pick one project and see it through to completion.
to be continued...
My best ideas tend to sprout from different situations I'm in where I perceive a need. When I was in the social work program, I wrote a handbook for clinicians on treating LGBTQ clients that is used by the faculty as a teaching tool. At the non-profit organization were I volunteer, I devised a more efficient, user-friendly way of dispensing an aspect of our services. While I learned a lot in the social work program, it was probably my dumbest idea (due to lack of foresight) to pursue an academic track that ended in an internship where I was, ultimately, dissatisfied with the actual clinical work. I just wanted to write!
My greatest creative ambition is to publish a book. In order to do this, I have to perfect my vision and write daily. I start my day with two cups of coffee, four cigarettes, and my computer. I compose a daily schedule and then set about writing. My problem is I have multiple writing projects that I bounce back and forth between. This keeps things fresh and exciting, but I need to pick one project and see it through to completion.
to be continued...
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