to blog or not to blog to post or not to post

[Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)]

I have been writing, posting, blogging, websiteing now since buying my first Apple, a Mac Classic.

I have 3 blogs, 1 Squidoo,.

I am on many, many different social networks and business networks

I work on my website at least weekly

I send out my Alan's Cre8ng Challenges weekly and have bee since January 1997 ever week

Occasionally I send messages out on various electronic networks

Even less occasionally I send out tiny messages on Twitter.

Daily I spend hours on the internet when I can gain access to it or I am not doing all day workshops, traveling, or attending workshops or conferences.

monthly I post 30 of my photos on SHUTTERCHANCE to share with its members.

When I am traveling, usually only when I am traveling internationally I send out journals about my experiences traveling.

Periodically I send out info filled follow up messages, borderline ezines, to clients and participants from past workshops of mine.

Now here I am creating yet another blog.

Good thing these are free

I read and respond to incoming emails throughout most days from around the globe.

After doing all these things I make my bed, do wash occasionally, prepare meals, clean up my kitchen, prepare for client work, try to market for future work, read, take some time out to rearrange the growing number of boxes that are piling up through almost every room in my small house.

Oh yes I try to get out for errands, pick up the mail, mail checks to pay bills, grocery shop, go to the library, go to movies when there are movies I want to see and last night I went to see the Athens Town & Gown's presentation of Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT.

living in 2008 for a single 64 old man who devotes his life zealously to creativity development.

Thanks for reading.

Alan
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http://www.cre8ng.com

[Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)]

I just returned from another GREAT, FANTASTIC, & FUN Mindcamp at Cedar Glen Y Camp with 100+ new, current and past friends all there to share and care.

Great energy
Great sessions
Great laughter

Mindcamp recharges me and begins my Fall in preparation to return to South Africa once again for the annual

Creativity in Education
and
ACRE - African Creativity Conference

both held at Klein Kariba Resort outside of Bela Bela (hot, hot.....not Beautiful Beautiful....though it is that too!)...otherwise known as Warmbad (Warmbaths) in the Limpopo Provence of South Africa 90 km northeast of Pretoria.

visit the website

http://www.sacreativity.com/

to visually enjoy past ACRE and Creativity Education Conferences go to...

http://homepage.mac.com/cre8ng/southafricatrips/PhotoAlbum40.html

http://homepage.mac.com/cre8ng/2006SouthAfrica/PhotoAlbum261.html

http://homepage.mac.com/cre8ng/2007SouthAfrica/PhotoAlbum343.html

Alan

[Violeta]

To comment or not to comment
Keep on blogging, Alan!

[Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)]

Thank you Tim, Michaeal and Garth

It has been fun to finally have a blog attract comments.

Through 30 years of creativity involvement I have been able to meet and get to know the 3 of you and many others from around the US, Canada and the world.

Because I met Bob Eberle I have met thousands, gotten to know hundreds, developed many good professional and personal friendships.

I am reading a very philosophic book about creativity this week from England

the Way of nowhere
8 questions to release my creative potential

it is very NEW AGE in its approach with no pragmatism or directly applicable techniques or tools like either Michael's books or Tim's THINK BETTER or your future book Garth.

The book design is interesting. It is two books in one. It has two front covers: one for My creativity and one for Our creativity. I am almost completed with reading the MY creativity 1/2.

Unfortunately my initial reaction so far is that the book has only content or message enough for a chapter or pamphlet not an entire book.

But alas I am somewhat jaded from reading books about creativity since the late 60s or early 70s when I read NEW THINK, another very philosophic book in style yet it had pragmatic tools and techniques in it.

[Garth]

Alan,

No worries my friend...you never know who you've touched...I remember a few conversations...I remember pointers you gave freely...I remember my friend, Alan Black...I remember...partly because you also remember me...that's a gift. Your gift. Love you buddy!!! Blog away...it's for you and if others stumble upon it and gain then whoo hoo!!! If not, it's for you...your voice. Emrace it, enjoy it, keep doing it!!!!

[Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)]

Just watched an interview with Dan Mies sports facility architect. Were worth watching about creativity, design, architecture.

http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/the-creative-process-sports-stadium-design

[Michael Michalko]

Hi Alan, Keep up your great work. It takes a long time to become young.

[Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)]

Tim

Thank you. I keep trying and often don't think I have made much of difference in exchange for the 30 years of trying.

In four years of blogging you are the the second person who has commented on any of my blogs

http://cre8ngcommunities.blogspot.com/

http://www.createwithalan.blogspot.com/

http://alanstravellessonsforllife.blogspot.com/

off to Atlanta first by car, then by MARTA rail, then by foot the last mile to the Braves Stadium, Turner Field to meet my daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons for tonight's game.

tah tah

[Tim Hurson]

Alan, you forgot to mention that you are an astonishingly effective networker and that you've influenced countless numbers of people, helping them live more creative, more productive, more fulfilling lives.