Creative inspiration
Strategies to Fuel Your Fire
Learn three red-hot strategies for success to apply to your business and life from SparkFire’s Chris Fagan. In her recent TedTalk-Style presentation at Business Theatre Live, she describes how she found fire in the coldest place on earth, Antarctica, and leaves you inspired to reach for new possibilities. Take a 17-minute break, watch her talk, and spark your fire.
My South Pole Expedition: Finding Fire on Ice
On January 18, 2014, I stood at the South Pole with my husband Marty after 48-days of skiing across the cold, barren, windswept continent of Antarctica. Our South Pole expedition began with the spark of an idea three years earlier, during a casual conversation in which Marty asked, “What do you think about going to the South Pole?”
As I slowly processed his words, a neon DO NOT ENTER sign flashed through my mind. Who would care for our son? … Read more
SparkFire President Chris Fagan Heads to the South Pole!
SparkFire helps businesses and entrepreneurs ignite creativity, imagine possibilities, and push outside comfort zones. Now SparkFire’s President Chris Fagan puts these principles into practice on a personal quest in Antarctica.
In late November, Chris Fagan and her husband Marty will fly to Antarctica to set off on an expedition with no guides or resupply. They will attempt to become the first American married couple to ski 570 miles from the edge of the continent, where land meets sea, to the … Read more
Gum Wall
One of Seattle’s unique attractions is found in a nondescript alley near famous Pike Place Market. It’s a wall covered in gum. The gum wall, located outside the Market Theater, started in the 1990’s. Theatre-goers stuck their gum on the wall as they waited for tickets.
It’s become a collaborative work of art, an ever changing gum mosaic with great variety in color and design.
The wall has been scraped clean twice, but people can’t seem to stop sticking their … Read more
Creative Thinking Books
Bookstore shelves are packed with resources that claim to inspire creative thinking and innovation. These five stand apart from the pack. Ranging from playful to artfully designed to more serious, each book keeps you thinking long after you’ve put it down.
1. The Art of the Ideaand How it Can Change Your Life by John Hunt
John Hunt is an award winning playwright, author and World Creative Director of TBWA. He’s created a sharply written and well-designed book that … Read more
A Taste of Seattle’s Pike Place Market
There’s no better way to dive into the heart of Seattle’s culinary scene then to pay a visit to Pike Place Market. With over 500 merchants packed into nine acres, Seattle’s Pike Place Market is a hub of delicious and authentic cuisine. The 100 plus year-old Pike Place Market is internationally recognized as America’s best farmer’s market.
Seattle Bites Food Tours
I arranged for an insider tour of the market from Jan Marie Johnson, founder of Seattle Bites Food Tours. … Read more
