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Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
? ? ? A great quote from Napoleon Bonaparte. Admittedly, it all ended pretty badly for him on a godforsaken island in the South Atlantic but I am sure on a clear day the views were almost spectacular. The reason I use this quote is I was recently reading…

Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
I was watching Tina Fey the other night and she was talking about the two main rules of improvisation on stage. The first is that if there are two of you on stage, you have to agree. In other words, if I say I am holding an imaginary apple,…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 24,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that manyContinue reading “2014 in review”

Ideas are like Goldfish. Easy to kill..

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince I recently read an interesting stat about the resurgence of vinyl. Sales have reached levels last seen in 1996. (I think somewhere around 1.3 million units). I also watched a show called KitchenContinue reading “Never put vinyl in the microwave.”

Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
Right now we are an industry that is in flux. There are many people who are trying to figure out where things are going. What to do next. We constantly read articles about what advertising will look like in the next 5 years. There are many who claim they…

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Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves. Brendan Behan Mistakes. Lately, many people are asking about mistakes. It’s funny how this happens. As the world becomes obsessed with data and certainty…

Originally posted on Damon's Brain:
I have a theory that there is only one difference between great agencies and average agencies. Intention. Many people will say talent or process or money. All those things play a role but are powerless if the ship is steering away from what is important. The work. The pressure…

I have been a creative for 25 years. First as a photographer and then as a creative in advertising. So, I thought this would be a good time to write to my younger creative self about what I believe are rules for successful creative living. Beginning. A blank piece of paper or screen. The cleanContinue reading “If I knew then what I know now.”