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Can't wait to have you in MN Ben!
Announcing the Minneapolis Creative Meet-up on July 26
We're coming to Minneapolis on Thurs, July 26 from 8:00a to 10:00a for a creative meet-up and free breakfast. It's a great opportunity to meet creatives throughout the city. Join us at Corner Coffee downtown, which has given us the run of the place. Seats are limited. Sign up HERE.
Ben, this reminds me of a story I read in David Breasher's book High Exposure. David recalls a time when he had a very low level role filming the movie Cliffhanger and how he was scolded after giving uninvited feedback on how a certain scene should be shot. Breasher's recounts, "It was only later that I came to realize how intensely personal a cinematographer's vision is. When you have that kind of vision, it's distracting at the very least to have someone interrupt from the gallery."
Curator vs. Committee
I don't believe in creative genius by committee. I believe in execution by committee. But I believe in creative genius by "curator." Whenever I hire designers, I work really hard to find great ones... and then get out of their way. If I'm making tons of design changes, it means I hired the wrong...
An RV. Nice. I can see you rolling one of those. With some tight rims and your pink bike on the rack in the back!
My Own Dream Coming Into Fruition
Three years ago, I read The Four Hour Work Week because it sounded so sensational. It was a NYT bestseller, so I knew it had to offer something of value. Turns out, it was mostly full of fluff. But there was one principle that radically shook my world - you can replace your salary with alternati...
Ben, you are seriously the man. You had to have seen the movie Rad right? All time best BMX movie. My brothers and I had bikes that we would jump off the curbs and steps at the AA building down the road from our house. And since we lived on a 5 acre hobby farm we had enough room for my dad to bring in a couple loads of dirt and build us some table tops, hills and berms to ride on. Great memories!
Hey You Have Your Thing...
Okay bear with me... In 1986, I was big-time into freestyle biking. Dropping off of picnic tables, riding on my seat with no hands... all with no helmet or pads. And I've got the scars to prove it. The bike of my dreams was the 1986 Hutch Trick Star. Here she is in all her glory... (Yes, it's ...
Minneapolis!
1. 32 degrees all year.
2. As politically split as possible.
3. Need the story of a Savior badly as sports teams flounder.
4. More Target's than a person could dream of!
Worry for a Day
I'm going back to Chicago this month to scout new venues for STORY 2011. As a church planter, I learned that whenever there's a sudden change, God must be up to something better. You worry for a day, but then you put your mouth guard in, your cup on, and go after the land he's promised.
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