by Dan Hunter | Jul 19, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
You can’t pop the hood for an inspection. There’s no starting switch, no pedals to pump and no brakes. Your brain just goes. And goes. And the more it goes the sharper it becomes. You can’t feel it, and you can’t see it. But it is consuming glucose and energy...
by Dan Hunter | Jul 16, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
In his first exhibition (1940), Bill Traylor’s art work was described as “primitive.” In New York (1943), it was classified as “folk art by an old Negro man.” It went into storage, unseen for 33 years. Then, it was labeled “Black Folk Art” by the Corcoran Gallery...
by Dan Hunter | Jul 16, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“Sometimes, I had to spend a whole day mixing a boiling mass with a heavy iron rod nearly as large as myself. I would be broken with fatigue at the day’s end. …I was then annoyed by the floating dust of iron and coal …”...
by Dan Hunter | Jun 1, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“There’s two kinds of people in the world: Those who think people can be divided up into two types, and those who don’t.” Groucho Marx There are two types of creativity theories: those that divide the brain into dual modes and those that...
by Dan Hunter | May 17, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“Thigh bone connected to the hip bone… neck bone connected to the head bone…” Lyrics from “Dry Bones” We all have the same basic skeleton. Though each may be slightly different—variable in size, strength or density. There are 206 bones in the human body which...
by Dan Hunter | May 17, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
I get up around 5 am. I make coffee, then check for the newspapers. During these moments, I’m adrift in undirected thinking—the routine of my day. These activities do not spur my imagination, my mind wanders as I spoon coffee. (Years ago I was admonished for...
by Dan Hunter | Apr 25, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“What are you thinking about?” “Nothing.” This is a common exchange between two people—say two friends, lovers, or husband and wife. To respond by saying “Nothing” usually indicates that we don’t want to share what we may be thinking. Or, that the interruption has...
by Dan Hunter | Mar 7, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“After all, what does it mean to be a star in Des Moines, Iowa?” — 1970s recording artist from Des Moines For many years, our garage was home to a plywood replica of a giant LP record about four feet in diameter and two inches thick. The “vinyl” grooves...
by Dan Hunter | Feb 21, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
Creativity is the recognition of an idea with potential for success. Of course, many ideas never show potential. They flow in and out of our minds like a swirl of butterflies—never landing and never fully capturing our imagination. It may be simply a moment’s...
by Dan Hunter | Feb 21, 2018 | You Can Only Imagine
“Pray favor us with your narrative,” the man said. Unless I am very much mistaken, that is the singular voice of the “sleuth-hound, the relentless, keen-witted, ready-handed” Sherlock Holmes, whose methods seem like mental sleight of hand. But, unveiling his methods...
