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“Avenues for Daring” Conference
The TransCultural Exchange organization held it’s annual conference this past weekend (March 7-9, 2025) at the Cambridge Foundry. TransCultural in their name refers to “across cultures” and the conference had artists, curators, and creatives from around the world. The numerous panels and workshops, as well as the interactions with other…
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Clues to Your Identity
I was talking with a colleague recently about the topic of their professional identity. It occurred to me that their search was for a vocational label, a title of sorts. Am I a mechanic? A farmer? A butcher, baker, or candlestick maker? In a flash of inspiration I said, “Perhaps…
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Arrogance in Four Words
I was at a conference recently and saw an attendee squatting on the nearby window sill, laptop laptop 💻 open, and working. I was sitting in a chair at a table, not using a computer. “Would you like to sit here,” I offered. The gruff reply in response was four…
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Sticking With It, After Disappointment
I had a goal for the month of January that I did not meet. Today is February 1st. “Pencils down.” ✏ “Times up.” Argh! In the past I would have either minimized my feelings of disappointment by countering with, “Yeah, but I *did* make progress.” Or, gotten so upset that…
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Family Time
I’m visiting family this weekend. I flew in from Boston. What a wonderful time we’re having. We’ve had time to talk, time to go out to eat (twice!), and time for me to attend a get together at the home of a couple that they know. Actually, the couple has…
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Escape Into Action
Earlier today a friend and I were talking about his young business (it involves graphic design, illustration, writing & storytelling). He was very animated about his increasing skill as an artist and elaborating it to me in detail. In an appropriate pause in his description I stated an observation: what…
Robert B. Moran, Creativity+Performance Coach 