Mikey Hayes
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Mikey Hayes
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Taming The Beast
While artists have many directives, a core component of our calling is found in taming the beast of our creative inclinations. On the surface, taming the beast may sound restrictive (or just weird) but in reality, it's nothing more (or less) than focusing our creative efforts, which eventually becomes the mechanism by which we learn
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Open Notes [No. 13] - June 12, 2025
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
More than half of the value of writing an essay lies in how it forces you to reorganize and refine your thoughts. The finished essay itself is a bonus.
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Make it a Policy
Often, we prefer to avoid making mistakes and create algorithms (of sorts) composed of unique sets of values, resources, and trusted relationships to ease the decision making process.
While a multifaceted strategic assessment seems arduous, it can offer substantial benefits. The most noteworthy advantage of creating a helpful
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Open Notes shares small thoughts about the big picture and is a production from Middle Ground Made.
Open Notes [No. 11] - June 05, 2025
Middle Ground Compendium [No. 184] Book Mark stamp design
Designing is Thinking
A few years back I was hard at work organizing the semester-long schedule for a non-profit program. After roughly laying everything out, I realized there were so many events that simply placing them all on a physical calendar would be overwhelming.
While any calendar app would have been helpful in presenting the schedule, at
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