First hump day of the new year

May be a good day for wearing a funny hat to work. Or maybe crank Prince’s Purple Rain album during your commute, windows down. Or take a twelver of Mountain Dew to share with your co-workers or customers or whomever. Whatever you do to bring some joy and levity to the day, go big with it.

Me? Maybe I’ll sport a funny hat and crank the Purple Rain in the studio. Then I’ll get down to business, if you know what I mean. Oh, and I’ll do the Dew, too. Awesome, man.

You have the thunder

There’s a lot of gobbledygook that can derail your best laid plans. Gobbledygook distracts us, it mesmerizes us, it steals our time and diminishes our capacity for making art, for making awesome, for getting the things done that we wrote on the list (the list that was here a minute ago, but now it’s under a pile of gobbledygook).

Think about the gobbledygook that routinely comes around and steals your thunder. Now, imagine taking your thunder and blasting the gobbledygook with it. Your thunder, turned up, turned up more, smoking hot, super heated, full blast. A total blasting of thunder. You, feeling thuderously awesome. Blasting gobbledygook. Being more awesome at the start of a new year.

You have the thunder. It’s in you. Your thunder. 

Getting aggressive

Hello 2012. This year, it may serve the artists, the small business owners, the freelancers, and the indie peeps to be more aggressive. Not saber-rattling and war-mongering and swinging-your-fist-first. I’m talking diligent aggressiveness toward growing your art, your enterprise, your independent megaphone. Like Mr. T after guzzling a twelver of Mountain Dew. Awesomely aggressive.

What could you achieve this year if you committed to thinking bigger, getting practical, getting down to business, and taking aggressive action? That last step, the one where you move aggressively in the direction of your bigger thoughts, that’s where the tire rubber hits the proverbial pavement. 

Let’s get aggressive. 

Yoga love and mini-interview and stuff

April Armistead loves yoga, teaches yoga, and writes a blog about yoga. Today on her blog, Hearts Expanding, she shares a little interview she did with Yours Truly. Plus, she feeds the Star Wars Yoga monster!

What it’s like to be a kid

Wild. Zany. New. Glittery. Weird. Grubby. Adventurous. Outlandish. Intergalactic. Dangerous. Sort of like living the life of Calvin in Calvin & Hobbes.

Now that you’re all grown up, how can you get more breakneck, full speed adventure into your life? 

Hint: On a snowy day, it might include building a snowman. Doing something absurd. Get wild with it. Scare the neighbors.

Thanking someone for something specific

It’s commonplace for Americans to give thanks on Thanksgiving. Oftentimes, the Thanksgiving thank you is a big tent of thanks, covering friends, family, health, and general well being.

Perhaps, in addition to such an all encompassing thanksgiving, you might find someone you would like to thank personally. Maybe your thanks could be for something specific. More specific than “thanks for being my friend”, you might say, “Thanks for listening to me after that episode. It was great to know I had someone I trusted to share my feelings with.” Or maybe, “Thanks for helping me out when I got a flat tire on the freeway.” Or something like that. You get the idea.

If we all took this day to thank someone specific for something specific, we might all enjoy the benefit of receiving thanks. It’s nice to give, but ohhh, it’s also very nice to receive!

And so, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you. I created this blog as a way to give, and you took the time to read it. You were here to receive this idea, and you made this a richer, more meaningful experience.

Okay, that may sound a bit syrupy. I didn’t thank you by name, since I’m not entirely sure who actually reads this! Nonetheless, I am truly grateful that you are here. And yes, I would love to hear from you. You may even want to thank me. In turn, I would get to thank you personally too.

(Or not! But if so, you can always reach me at: rob@robosborne.net) 

Can’t we just get married and make super babies?

“Oh, Clark!” art print by Yours Truly. Hot from the studio!

This is the first art print in the Wonder Woman pop romance art collection. “Oh, Clark!” draws inspiration from master pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and redoubles the geek chic of classic comics art.

THE STORY: Wonder Woman is A strong, heroic woman, but she tears up at the thought of what could be with Clark! A fairy tale romance may be missed if they don’t take action on their feelings! The love story that you’ve always wanted, presented in glorious CMYK color! “Oh, Clark!”