Embrace boredom! It's a key part of the process that leads to deeper skills and growth. Discover the hidden truths in repetition. #Improv #GrowthMindset #PanTheater 🎭

I've put up 50,000-100,000 posters/flyers over the years. It's how we grew Pan Theater, spreading the word about shows from San Jose to Sonoma. Posters and flyers still work! If you're in the SF Bay Area, check out Thumbtack Bugle. #Theater #Marketing #SF #BayArea #Advertise

Dear you 💌 🧡

In those days, I was uncertain, in a certain way. Not about others, but always, perhaps about myself. But it was not a rapping, nor was my room a chamber. It was more like a tiny space for a single me.

A rainy day in Tokyo. Actually outside of Tokyo by a 30 minute train ride. The storm was around noon. By 5pm it was dry, hot and sunny.

What the Video: Start with the Smallest Step I hesitated to make videos for Pan Theater but took a small step by creating one for a friend. That simple actmade it easier to take more steps. Start with the smallest step and see where it leads.

What he said.

Improv from the Heart Change your understanding of improv Change your life. #ImprovFromTheHeart #PanTheater #PersonalGrowth #ImprovClass #OaklandImprov #Transformation

Miami Ad School in SF is closed. There goes my retirement dream of spending a year or two studying creativity. Have to settle for reading and taking part in the One Minute Briefs ⏱️ contests again. Still a few years off.

One of the things I love asking ChatGpt is "are you sure?". Each time I ask, the answer changes. But it does beat getting an answer of "it depends."

The Dorayaki shortage is real. It has been a tough week.

Lonely on MySpace Will the last person out turn off the lights?

The Fun Starts in September

I practice Transcendental Meditation and believe that it has enhanced my open-mindedness, higher-level perspective, equanimity, and creativity. It helps slow things down so that I can act calmly even in the face of chaos, just like a ninja in a street fight. I'm not saying that

"Good advertising is the product of two types of minds, widely different: the orderly, systematic business mind, and the free-wheeling, creative, inventive mind." – Earnest Elmo Calkins #copywriting #advertising

You might not throw soda on someone’s face, confess your love in the cafeteria, or rearrange your books by color coordinating—but your character might! In improv, act from your character’s personality, not your own. Dive into their world.

Japanese question🇯🇵 Level / Beginner 😄 Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in the following sentence⬇️ わたし（　）ねこが好きです🐱💕 A を B へ C に D は

If we aren’t playing with people’s emotions, we are doing this advertising thing so very wrong. This may offend the sensibilities of some in advertising. And I lovingly suggest that you may not understand the assignment. Selling to humans is an emotional act.