Creativity and Innovation

3 Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity

I know from experience that trying to power your way through a creative block almost always ends in frustration. From writing to practicing music to even getting ready for Pilates training, I’ve been there. Instead of fighting to get water from a well that’s run dry, try these simple techniques that will allow help you [...]

July 9, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

LifeLabs: An Oasis for the Curious

Note: This interview is cross-posted on The Huffington Post. Thinking of increasing your ‘allure and impact’? You might want to consider taking a class in surprisology. Surprisology is just one of the many courses offered by LifeLabs New York, an educational incubator for ideas and practical impact. I came upon LifeLabs based on a friend’s [...]

June 30, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

On Feminist Summer Camp and FIGMENT’s Creative Community

It’s official: summer has arrived. And with it, a sense of newness, creativity and community. Two of my recent articles on The Huffington Post talked about upcoming summer events here in NYC that are completely unrelated, yet touch on the cultural topics of feminism and creativity — topics we cover regularly here on TJCC. The [...]

June 1, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Inside the Writer’s Mind: Two Cent Revival

“The creative mind can be very coy.” – Matt Jones, Two Cent Revival Blending a strong acoustic backbone and a bit of Johnny Cash-like overtone, Brooklyn’s Two Cent Revival is simultaneously poetic and strong. Incorporating tastes of Americana and classical country, Two Cent Revival is a new project from Brazilian-born, Texas-raised singer/songwriter Matt Jones. The [...]

May 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

On Huffington Post: The Book of (Even More) Awesome Celebrates the Simplicity of Living Well

A year ago, I interviewed Neil Pasricha, author of The Book of Awesome (Amy Einhorn Books). The blog to book was an instant international bestseller and since our chat, Neil has been noted as the “guru of small joys” by the Toronto Star. Wired magazine called it “laugh out loud funny tinged with just enough [...]

April 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

The DailyCandy Lexicon: Words That Don’t Exist But Should

For creative word lovers like many of us, or for those who like to make up their own words (I know you’re out there), The DailyCandy Lexicon is a must. Unfamiliar with Daily Candy? It’s a brief, witty newsletter — one that you’ve actually signed up for. It shares what’s happening around town, from sales [...]

January 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

(w)Here In The World: Barcelona’s Brilliance On Thanksgiving

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. – Maya Angelou I spent this past Thanksgiving in Barcelona – my fifth year in a row abroad on the [...]

December 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Check Out Our Brand New Look!

In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it. – Ani DiFranco Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’. – Yoda in “The Empire Strikes Back” Today, I’m psyched to share next iteration of The Journal of Cultural Conversation. Thanks to so many of you who [...]

November 29, 2010 CONTINUE READING →