Tag: create
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Imago Dei and Identity
The Imago Dei. The Image of God. I have been thinking through these ideas for a little bit now. Just processing the implications of some of these ideas. I have read a few things about it – and I will continue to read more about it – which will ultimately…
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Live More Than One Life
I heard this concept yesterday. It had nothing to do with identity, but they were using it in the context of work and just trying to get so much done that it seemed like you were trying to live more than one life. But as they talked about this concept,…
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How to See Identity
Have you ever seen identity? Do you want to know how? I know some people are looking for identity or what to find their identity. If you are one of those – please take a look at this post or this post or this post as they will help you find it. But…
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To Stop Identity Formation
I heard someone speak of how sometimes we can be so involved with things that we don’t have time to work on identity formation. It is as if it can stop because we’re too busy. I know that we hardly ever think about our identity formation at every moment of…
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Anytime You Create
…..there needs to be intention, thought, and design. Ask anyone that creates, and you’ll find out that creating is not that easy. Sometimes it’s born out of pain and suffering. Sometimes your creation is born out of love and passion. But it’s not easy. There’s is so much that…
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The Ability to Create
Anyway can create. Everyone has the ability to create. There is no excuse – no amount of lack of skill or ability can stop you from creating. It takes – IMO – a tremendous amount of humility and in some cases, humiliation to create. There will be someone out there…
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Post Literate Society
We are slowly moving toward it. In fact, people have been talking about it for almost 50 years – so even before Twitter and Facebook, people were already thinking that we are headed that way. I heard this week that the web will soon be images and videos. More and…
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The Gap is Between Doing Anything and Doing Nothing
I was listening to a TED talk by Clay Shirky today. He was talking about Cognitive Surplus. It’s a great talk. Here’s where you can find it, but he said something so cool. I won’t summarize. I’ll just write out what he said. You have to listen to the talk…
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Circumvent Identity Formation
You can circumvent the identity formation process of someone else by not allowing them to freely explore and express their own identity. When you superimpose your standards or tell someone who to be and how to act, you condition them and teach them to perform. It is not identity forming. …
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Would You Buy What You’re Selling?
Would you buy what you’re selling? I think it’s a great question – when it deals with what you are selling. Would you pay for whatever it is you’re selling? Whether it’s a car or an education – would you pay for it. It doesn’t even have to be about…
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Influencer
If you create stuff, write, play, mold, paint, or pretty much anything that comes from inside of you that you are able to share with someone else – you are an influencer. You can choose the channel, the medium, the media, or the canvas – it doesn’t matter – if…