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Don’t Look Back???

By Bob Pascarella

I’m one of those people who loves to look through old photos. I enjoy mocking the styles and sounds of the past. I also enjoy reminiscing about the good times and pining over the things we thought were great back in the day. I like to remember the things we took for granted then and consider how cool we think they are now. I’m also a guy who likes innovation, new things, fresh ideas and styles. How can I be two people? I don’t know…I just am, and you are too.

If you’re like me, you like things old and new. Maybe even best when vintage styles are refreshed with modern approaches. Like a wood steering wheel on a new sports car. Retro combined with newness often connects us with our past while providing the late-model performance we demand.

So, why is it that we are so repulsed by the idea of revisiting a creative approach we previously did years ago? Why do we snicker at the word “re-purposed” and mutter to ourselves “translation: you don’t have a new idea”?
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Why we owe so much to “play time”

By Bob Pascarella

When we were little kids, I didn’t realize how much we were learning by simply going out to play. We ran outside and met our friends, rode our bikes, played sports, had fun and fought battles. We developed important social skills that we may not have realized, at the time, were the building blocks of how we would interact as adults.

Fortunately (and only in this case) I feel lucky to be old enough to say that I was right in the sweet spot when video games started showing up in arcades and homes. Looking back now, I realize just how fast those times were moving and those days really were not that long ago at all.
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Thinking Differently

By Bob Pascarella

how-about-monkeys When you hear “He thinks differently”, part of your perception may translate to “He’s weird” and you might be right. But being weird is only a bad thing on the school bus and possibly on the playground. As we become adults and enter creative careers, sometimes intermittent “weirdness” is a good thing.
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