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Your Creative Adventure: Sailing into the New Wind

[I found the text to a Toastmaster’s talk I gave at the end of the last century which won the local contest and sent me to the regionals. It still has relevance.]  Your Creative Adventure: Sailing into the New Wind … Continue reading

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110828 Boulder Creek Path

I did this unedited free improv on my six foot Kawai grand piano on November 8, 2011 and the spring video shot of the Boulder Creek Path with a 42x optical lens on May 22, 2013. I like how the … Continue reading

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Riffs 130509

While sitting outside at Riffs, a new restaurant on the Pearl Street Mall, I took the following video with my cellphone, partly to explore the idea of “riffs” and to share my riffs with a piece of music done on … Continue reading

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Magic

sometimes magic happens when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat or makes a lady disappear sometimes magic happens such that you wonder what’s next and he pulls a coin from behind your ear sometimes magic happens when … Continue reading

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Comments on the video, “Light”

My friend Don Yanacito, who is an instructor in the film department at the University of Colorado gave me this feedback on my video, “Light”: John, I took a look.  It puts me in an interesting conundrum.  I’m in awe … Continue reading

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Negative Spaces

[This article was first published in Young, J. “Negative Spaces,” The Journal of Creative Behavior Volume 16, Number 4 1982 and later included as a chapter in my book,  Therapeutic Awareness and Creative Expression.  I find it still has relevance.] NEGATIVE … Continue reading

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Slice Two video by jgyoungmd

(4 min.) This digital re-mix continues slicing. This time you become gradually aware that a four-sided pyramid placed in front of moving images is imperceptibly sliced. Beneath the very thin images other hidden slices move to their own beat, the Unconscious becomes Conscious. … Continue reading

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