IDEATION

I don't believe ideas are ours.

While certainly not an original thought, I feel we can catch good ideas, perhaps from the quantum field if we prepare ourselves well and know how and where to look. I have watched ideas emerge like bubbles rising out of the deep unknown; they didn't come from me. I have seen several people get the same idea around the same time. So if ideas exist outside of ourselves, it becomes easier to go fishing for them.

More practically applied to creative business, this approach can disconnect our egos from claiming ownership to the idea. I have noticed significant improvements from clients, creative colleagues and teams who understand this.

Open War Ink

War Ink is an online, and touring experiential exhibit of stories and images shared by 24 California veterans through photos, text, and audio and video recordings. Initiated by the City of San Francisco, creative directed and photographed by Johann Wolf, the Community Stories-supported project launched on Veterans Day, November 11, 2014 and quickly attracted widespread viewership and media attention.

To date, the exhibit has received over 50,000 visits and extensive media coverage, as well as several prestigious awards, including a Webby and the Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities Programming by the Federation of State Humanities Councils in November 2015.

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