zondag 13 mei 2012

Spring season / the power of lounges and cafe's

Spring season! More sun hours, trees and flowers staring to bloom again and time for the big spring cleaning! Most of the people start a major cleaning operation when spring season just kicked in, but why?
Spring season almost looks like a rebirth of your life sequence. The time to clean up all the mess and work out problems of last year. Some people don't even think about it and just turn their backs to the past year and works to make this year a better year. I think that the start of spring season is a cleansing ritual. You clear out everything that went wrong, you want to refresh your life and get rid of bad habits and work on a nice healthy, clean space in your house. It feels so incredibly good when your house feels and smells fresh again.

Not only cleaning and cleansing your house and mind comes to play during spring. The sun is a source of inspiration. Not only for my study as Stage engineer, but for a lot of people. The sun makes you want to go out and head to a place to sit, alone or with your friends or family. I remember several television shows where people were meeting in lounges or cafe's, people were even working there on their projects or scheduling new meetings. I'd ask myself, why do all those people go to lounges or cafe's to work on their business projects? Why does a manager schedule a meeting with one of their co workers to offer them a new opportunity inside the department?
I think it's because being in another place then your work space, or even your home. You actually get inspired and get another vibe of the situation. You actually get motivated to start working. You get drinks served, you don't get distracted by a TV, a barking dog or other things that keeps you away from working. Everyone is on it's own, doing their own thing, you wont be bothered by them and vise versa. The only thing that can happen is when someone IS approaching you, you can count on a good conversation. Give yourself a well deserved break from time to time.

From now on, i'm going to try this out, see what effects working in another venue differs from school or my very own home. Think about it: Successful businessmen do this often. It's not about just eat there and spend money on it because they are capable of doing it. I think it's because of the vibe a cafe or lounge holds. Try this out yourself and let me know how you experienced it. Were you able to get a lot more done during your visit? Did you encounter any distractions? Feel free to leave a comment.

woensdag 9 mei 2012

Improvisation live writing

It's a busy day, people are walking down the streets, heading towards their destination. It's a regular weekday, Also for James Stein, a successful businessman for Arco Industries, a high quality steel refinery business. James pulls up his Chevrolet, grabs his suitcase with a new presentation and heads towards his office. Upon walking, he scans the area. His eyes glaring from side to side. On the left there is a woman talking through her cellphone, across the street is the coffee-shop, loading in the newly ordered products and on the right there is this old, abandoned office. Broken windows and graffiti tags cover the grey concrete building. James releases a deep sigh while walking past the office, heading to the steps of Arco Industries Head Office.

A sudden clash sounds at the left of the steps, James looks to his left and spots two men fighting. The man on the left dropped a suitcase, papers falling out, swinging down on the ground. The man on the right is Steve Carlo, Head of security at Arco Industries. "This company must not expand to a new office, look around"! The veins are visible and pounding on the man's face while he storms to Steve again. Steve takes a step backwards and deflects the punch, grabbing the mans arm, throwing him on the ground. "Sir, take your papers and get out before I call the police"! The man snatched his papers from the ground and rushed off in anger.

James turned to Steve: "Another angry client"? Steve turned to James, he sighed while he drags his hand across his face: "Treehuggers, always that kind of people that wants us to close factories and whine when we expand to new places". "Well, they have to understand that companies are expanding, soon we'll be sitting in our nice new condo. Credits to the architects though". A bright expression was clearly visible thinking about the new office. He found out he was in the elections to become Assistant Chief Executive Officer. He waves Steve a good day and starts heading up the stairs, entering the office.

This text is entirely fictional and not based on any real life events.
Don't be afraid leaving a comment or feedback, The purpose of those blogs are for self improvement on writing and improvisation writing.

zaterdag 28 april 2012

Music brings you in a certain state, but also in a different kind of perspective of how you visualize the world. Unlike movie scenes, try to walk down a road with different type of music every time again.

Currently i'm listening to Plied sound- Robotic Medley. It's a very calm, yet inspirational soundtrack. I can let my mind go wild on this type of music. It changes my view on the world. When I close my eyes, I imagine myself as a bird, hovering above a white sand beach, with palm trees, waterfalls, even a rain forest with the most brightest colors I can think of. It's so beautiful, it's like I'm already there, my muscles are relaxed, my fingers are smoothly running across the keyboard, it feels so good.

I know a lot of people to can exaggerate immensely. It's fun to see people who do so. It reminds me of a few things I've encountered. When I look back to those events. I can't imagine how exaggerated that event was. Like a king who exaggerated it's power and showed an intense lack of leadership. Sounds weird, maybe you're right.

Yesterday I was talking to a girl who had a negative trend about herself. No matter how you tried to get her on another level of self perspective, it seemed she already gave up. I tried to change her energy level, to improve her positive energy flow. The one where the sun is shining on a hot summer day. where the sky is blue and the grass is as green as possible, like in your dreams. Now that I think about it, I see a waterfall infront of me, I smell a very pure and refreshing scent I simply can't describe, because it's the scent I smell. The waterfall is surrounded by the most beautiful trees and bushes I have ever seen. So colorful, the sun is at it's highest point and the sky is as blue as I thought it would be impossible.

I fill in my own imagination. I can switch from place to place. that's where creativity comes from. Imagine lots of places.Those places can be positive, but you can also create images of places where you can immediately spot a very...very negative vibe within the area. I want YOU to feel it. You need to FEEL the DIFFERENCE between BOTH PLACES. Both POSITIVE and NEGATIVE. From NEGATIVE to POSITIVE.

I still have no idea what i'm writing, it could be anything. it's just what I'm currently thinking, maybe I'm making a scene which I don't even know where it starts or where it ends. Maybe there's no outcome, or maybe there is. It's just that I let my mind speak. everything i'm currently thinking about appears in front of my eyes. and i'm sure it will help me out. Also the variety that I will encounter will be pleasing. To write down the exact same thing is boring, but that's okay, I love to share thoughts, and I love to get in certain positions where I can just smile at the world, on the brightest day, with the sun just shining happily. It makes you feel good. It makes you wander off to a place which I can't describe, but you can. You should describe it to yourself. Maybe even post it. See what others think. That's the idea.
Now I'm going to prepare myself for the evening, time to go out and have fun.

Remember that I'm just doing this for fun, this doesn't contain any deep information, I love living life and enjoy every moment.

cheers,

My perspective on the humans learning curve & imaginations

Unlike (what I believe) writers, I have got this immensely weird urge to write down whatever my imagination is creating inside my head.


We do not want to learn certain things if we're not interested in it, but if there's something that YOU deem interesting for your sake. You start to collect information about that topic. Isn't it weird? I personally believe it's not weird. Everyone is different, yet we all respond unconsciously to the same things. It's all about evolution. All unconscious behaviors are hardwired, and we should thank our ancestors for that. Why? Because they survived and that's why we are alive.


The reason I'm starting this blog is because I'd like to write down whatever comes to my mind. Not only would it be fun to reread those messages, thinking about what I was thinking about at the time I was writing it down, maybe there is a pattern... A pattern that I have never discovered, until I wrote it down. I'm not taking it as a diary, more like a study to see how my brain is working. I don't know. It's still fun though.



As I believe that our brain has got the ability to imagine a lot of fantasies, like dreaming, why not take a moment to write them down? I believe most writers took the action to write their imaginations down on paper and send it to a publicity center for their opinion. Eventually a lot of writers do have the success to get their book published. Since I'm stupid enough to do so, I got no idea where this crazy idea comes from. I think it's just another weird imagination my brain produces every once in a while, yet I do believe it may lead to some crazy stuff, but that's why we're here for right? Unlike our lifespan has been created to Survive and Replicate, I still believe that you've just need to get the motivation and the dedication to listen to your brain.

We all got dreams, about our perfect life. the perfect job, the perfect partner. There's only one problem and that is, not taking the steps to accomplish your dreams. Everyone has dreams, if you want to become the most influential person on the stock markets, stand the fuck up and achieve your goals. You will fail at some point, but if you don't recover and learn from your mistakes, you'll end up just like all the other losers who didn't had the guts to stand up and move on. Take a moment for yourself, breathe deeply and close your eyes. Shout out silently in your brain your goals.

For example:
"I AM going to become a stage engineer. I AM going to travel the world to do my work and NO ONE is going to stand in the way. I AM going to accomplish to whatever I desire. This is what I WANT. This is what I'm GOING to achieve."

I still believe that our imagination has been designed to wander off to our paradise, all emotions, all the feeling, the scents you encounter. It's all part of your circuitry. Now get your ass from that negative perspective of yourself and do whatever it takes to do what YOU WANT.