Happy Birthday, Love!

Walt Whitman, on the death of Abraham Lincoln, gave high praise to our 16th President. Today, one of Abraham Lincoln's most handsome devotees celebrates his birthday. And so, I'd like to dedicate (a slightly altered version of) Whitman's words to my most wonderful Jon...

"Why, if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays - what epics - would have been made out of him! How the rhapsodes would have recited him! How quickly that quaint tall form would have enter'd into the region where men vitalize gods, and gods divinify men! But [Jon] ... belongs altogether to [me]."

Happy Birthday, My Love!

(he might shoot me for posting the picture above, but who can't help but love a man that is so secure with himself ... and who couldn't help but capture it on film!)

Creativity

"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself."

- Alan Alda

I read this great article yesterday about a "school" here at Stanford that essentially teaches creativity, and it got me thinking that I would love to develop my creative side. My problem is that whole "leaving my comfort zone" thing, though ... I'm one to play it on the safe side and not take risks. I love the quote above that I found, though, and I'm thinking it might have to become my new creative mantra.

How do you foster your creative side?