Creative Inspiration

I took this garage art picture a couple weeks ago walking around Ft. Greene on the way to a barbecue. I wasn't sure why I took it, though sometimes its just good to be reminded that you can find creative inspiration in a lot of places, when you open your eyes wide enough to look.

When I lived in San Francisco, during a time the city was a little bruised from the recession, my friend Dave once said that San Francisco more than most U.S. cities is place fueled by originality and creative thinkers. "This is the place that brought you 'The Summer of Love', This is the place that brought you the Silicon Valley, Dot Com, Pixar, Apple, west coast advertising style...San Francisco will reinvent itself again."

New York, like San Francisco, is also a place that constantly reinvents itself, and fueled by creative thinkers from all walks of life, and cherishes originality vs. sameness, which is part of the magnetic pull of the place and the crackle of energy you can almost see in the air.

When I would have some "Orange County moments", I used to drive 20 minutes up the coast to the Laguna Beach Whole Foods to walk around when I needed some creative inspiration in that small special artists' colony. At the moment, I'm finding myself inspired by a glorious fall in New York.

Trees mid color change.


Root vegetables at the farmers market.


Fall colors, smells, tastes. Tea and soup and spices and the glories of ricotta gnocchi. Everyone back in the city, excited about Yankees winning, events, happenings, previews and openings. Even the smell and feel of mild autumn rain.

As well as fall fashion!

One of the creative directors at our office (the guy in white), who's originally from Columbia, created and stars in this video, shot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that we've all enjoyed watching as it's really about nothing...but just makes you smile.

The urban setting, melting pot of New York, all expressing themselves and having fun and "Shaking what you got"...all part of the spirit of why people love and are continually inspired by New York City.