Creatives' Corner

Hello friend, I take it you have a habit that has served as an anchor from childhood. I want to ask what it is, but before then? Please read this story. One of the tipping points in terms of emotional rush for me was when as a child, my own father looked me in the eyes, straight faced and called me a bastard! It wasn’t a joke. He meant it. I have now gotten over it but trust me it took every ounce of strength I could ever find. What made it worse was just before then, I was actually being exposed to some rumors that gave strength to this claim, so his statement was more like a confirmation. But did you catch me saying ‘my own father?’ Yes. He is my father and he never doubted that. He only said that because I had made him angry concerning something… But that was what made the trauma harder to get through with. Why would you want to hurt an ignorant child’s feelings with such heavy words? That was more of a denial. We only deny what is not valuable to us, right? Well, that was what I fe

Today's topic in brevity we brew; It will be lyrical and musical. You may even call it a poem. Just a favor you do us as you read? Read as if you read a nursery rhyme! Remember Two birds on a tree stand! For question marks please read with a pitch that goes high? For exclamation marks please read with pitch comes low! *** The lessons we aim to teach in this? All over it we make sure it shows! It is that as you create what you create? Don't do anything to tamper with your voice! *** The writer behind this text? A poet has been from birth! Words and talks his fortress has been? And here he is showing you! That for your content to resonate with your audience? You must lay a hold of things in two! —That is two things. Don't mind us please— Deliver the value they truly need to hear, is first? Deliver it in the voice you find natural, is second! Because even though this is not all about you? Your audience, they want to hear what is true! And how they hear it matters just as much

  It’s a lovely Friday again! A day to take stock of the week and to start preparation for the next. I am grateful for you, what are you thankful for? In my last post, we talked about using stories to sell out. As you know already, we are learning together, so tell me, I would love to know how much my blog post helped you. For me, I got two new clients, isn’t that awesome? Do you know that storytelling is like your cloth? Each style, each colour, each combination is for different occasions. Just as the black colour is used to mourn in Africa, the white colour is used in eastern Asia. You wouldn’t wear a flowing dress to do farm or factory work, neither will you wear a wedding dress if you are not the bride. Each cloth has its own relevance. And you have to follow the silent rules guiding the use of each. Likewise, your story, you have to follow its guiding rules. So, let’s jump right into it. The first do is that your story have got to matter. It shouldn’t happen that after your audien

You know, getting people's attention can be a lot of work. Everybody is busy with one thing or the other and if whatever you are bringing to the table is not exciting or inviting enough, they air you. Sometime last year, during my stay in a camp, we used to have hours of lectures everyday. And since our facilitators were not storytellers, but bores, almost everybody got tired easily and ignored them, well I did too at some points. We had one particular facilitator though who would always engage us with songs, or stories, it was actually hard to ignore her because she didn't let us, she was interesting. I can say she is the only one I still remember since I left the camp, just because she caught my attention. Can you see the importance of storytelling? It catches people's attention. If you know how to play your game well, it keeps their attention. So, let's dive right into talking about how to sell out using stories. According to Google, Storytelling describes the social

Gosh! It’s been a long time I wrote, and it’s been bothering me. Yes, I can say I have my reasons for going off, which was fear and uncertainty (well, nobody is immune to it you know). Despite the fact, I would always convince myself every Friday of why I did not write/post. And today, I have decided to forgo it all, take my time, sit my myself down and write what comes to mind. All I know is I have overcome the reason I went AWOL and I am back. I am glad to be here for you and I promise to do my best with it. Kindly subscribe and tell your friends about Creatives’ Corner too. I look forward to having you all read what  I have to post about Creativity, Business and Creativity #smiles So, this week, in a class that I have been attending, I learnt something and I will definitely love to share it with you. I learnt that being an entrepreneur is creativity. Why did my teacher say that? Well Entrepreneurship which is different from being a business owner involves a whole lot of thinking. A

Hi guys!!! I am so excited!! Guess what?  Creatives' Corner has her first guest post!! Drum roll!! Are you wondering what it's about? You need to check the full gist out. It's about Word of Mouth Marketing, how to get your customers talk about you. Yes...I know you are interested, why not follow me. A quick introduction about the writer, he is a friend, his name is May-Las Akorede and he is so excited to have you read his post. Let's go. Sometimes towards the late ember months in 2019, I stumbled on a couple of information that has changed my views on business and how it's been run. I decided to follow up on that information and I started digging and researching hoping to uncover more information – well, I'm not done uncovering – but the good news is I've uncovered some pretty good stuffs that I believe every business owner should begin using NOW. Not tomorrow, but NOW. I know a lot has been wrought in you up to this point and I don't take it for granted

It’s a new week and I am so grateful. Shout out to all readers. You guys rock! I know you must have wondered what happened last week, a lot did. But here is your compensation, two posts this week! So, in my previous post, I wrote about overcoming discouragement as a creative . I know you know that being discouraged is not a bad nor a new thing. Therefore, I want you to know that overcoming discouragement is a great achievement. I spoke to some friends who are creatives recently and they shared their experiences and challenges in our creative world. I am sharing it because I believe it will help someone going through the same thing, even if it’s just to know that you are not alone. So, let’s move.  Chris   Chris is one of the very good graphic designers I know. He is also involved in Digital painting. We met on a Facebook group and we got talking, you can imagine. Talking with him has always been very insightful. Chris partners with studios in Anambra and Lagos. He also teaches graphic

Discouragement they say is the loss of enthusiasm. I experienced that some days ago. Let me share my story with you and of course the lessons I learnt. So, I got this job, okay I had quite a lot of jobs to handle at a time, coupled with pulling off recruitment process on time. But I happened to place priority on it because the owner needed it quite urgently. And of course, it was a new client so I couldn’t afford to disappoint her. The job was to create a logo for a start-up. Being a start-up actually didn’t matter, I wanted to create something for them that they can use for years before even thinking of rebranding. So, I met up with the representative from the brand, I got my design brief answered as we talked and I set out to work. Of course, as the process of design said, I started out with my mind mapping, then moved on to sketching. Yes, the pay was not much but I still wanted to do a great job. After I had done all those required things in the process of design , I came up wi

Hi guys!! It's another great and 'color-full' day for learning again. How has the week been? I trust it has been a blessing? So, we talked about colors Blue , Red and Black in the last post. Do you still remember the meaning of your colors? Well you can still check it out. So, let's talk about the last set of colors today! Let's make the day 'color-full!' White Having your best color as white means you are neat and immaculate in your appearance and also in the presentation of your home, car and everything you own. You have very high standards of cleanliness and hygiene and you expect every other person to understand and adhere to your high standards. You appreciate order and simple elegance. Your taste is refined and you enjoy things that are well crafted and beautiful. You have a special interest in finding treasures in the most unexpected places. You are particular and have very high expectations for yourself and others. Wow! Maybe I should pick white as