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Creativity Before Yard Work

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Brant Rock Beach - Photo by Mark Chisholm - My Creative Workout
It was a beautiful Sunday morning. Before I got too deep into the never-ending to-do list, I decided that it was more important for me to get off my ass and shoot some pictures. I just finished my morning coffee and I knew I had the luxury of a little bit of free time. Instead of doing what I’ve usually done in the past and tell myself “I’ll do something creative later… after I workout, after I do the yard work, after I clean the garage, after, after, after”, I just jumped in my truck with nothing but my phone, drove a couple miles down the road, and took a walk on the beach.

This turned out to be a great decision. [Read more…]

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Changing It Up

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My Creative Workout Logo Mock Up
I found this graphic that I created some time ago, when I was in the early stages of creating this website. At that time I was experimenting with different directions that I wanted to take My Creative Workout. I really love the retro look of this logo treatment and seeing it again has motivated me to embark on a journey to changing the graphic identity of this website. Back when I started, I decided to build My Creative Workout as a self-hosted WordPress site. I went with the Genesis Framework from StudioPress and chose the Modern Studio Pro Theme with very few changes to the out-of-the-box design. Now, I’ve decided that it’s time to move beyond the stock look and feel of the Modern Studio Pro theme and dig much deeper into WordPress and CSS. Over the coming weeks and months I’ll be making changes to the design of this site. Some changes will be subtle, while others will be much more apparent. My hope is that the end result will be something that really represents what I’ve always had in mind for My Creative Workout.

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Photo Walk with Chloe

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John Hancock Tower
I recently took my daughter Chloe into Boston for a photo walk around Newbury Street and Copley Square. We had been talking about going into Boston at different times over the past couple of weeks. The end of summer was fast approaching and we wanted to make this trip before she had to go back to school.

We had a great day that started with a trip to the Apple Store, followed by lunch at Sonsie, then a walk to the John Hancock Tower. We spent the most time walking around this building in an effort to try and capture pictures from every angle with our iPhones. The John Hancock tower is the tallest building in Boston. The glass exterior produces incredible reflections of the sky, clouds, and surrounding buildings. [Read more…]

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Mark Chisholm

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