When you start doing anything new, there is a moment of awkwardness. You learned to walk when you were little…you fell down, you got back up again. Can you accept falling down again now that you’re all grown up? The ability to accept temporary awkwardness is one of the greatest abilities of any creative professional.… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Heidi
Are You Fighting for Your Creativity?
They are mad at me. Again. Multiple people in my life, all wanting me to change. They can feel it. They can feel that I am fighting for my creativity. What I realized tonight is that not only am I fighting for my creativity, I am fighting for my Life. And it frightens them. Are… Continue Reading
Why Creativity Happens at Night
A few highly creative people have been talking about creativity and the elusive night hours. I recently wrote about this creative phenomenon in a recent blog post getting a lot of traffic on my website entitled Music Vampires. In that post I was writing specifically about how music is best created at night. Today I want to… Continue Reading
Re-Evaluate Everything About Your Life
I guess this past year could be entitled just like Andrew W.K.’s popular TV show: DESTROY. BUILD. DESTROY! This past year was my personal year of destruction. Some destruction happened to me. Some destruction I created. Now with the New Year it’s time to build again. Bigger. Better. Because nearly everything was destroyed around us,… Continue Reading
Get Your Own Health Insurance
Once in awhile on HeidiOhlander.com I am going to talk about things that other people don’t want to talk about. Like Health Insurance. Why? Because I personally know people that have had over 100,000 dollars in medical bills this year. That’s why. Hopefully you don’t need heart surgery. Hopefully you aren’t going to have an… Continue Reading
All Your Heroes Are Dead
A poem, dedicated to you, entitled: All your heroes are dead. All your heroes are dead. I could name a few. Kurt Cobain. Johnny Cash. You Know Who. All your heroes are dead. Your Mamma. Your Pappa. Grandaddy too. All your heroes are dead. What’cha gonna do? There’s no one left… Continue Reading
Music Vampires
Steve Pavlina has recently embarked on a musical experimental journey. One of his latest realizations is that he has realized what many of us involved in the music industry already know: “This music vibe doesn’t seem to mesh very well with being an early riser! Is there something about music production that transform people… Continue Reading
The Moment Suspended Outside of Time
Tonight is the big night… You’re climbing the stairs. You glance at your ticket. Balcony. Section 3 Row C. Seat 16. You have reached your row; now you have to fight to get to your seat. For every audience member, getting to your seat is a battle, especially when its a… Continue Reading
Introduction: My name is Heidi
Hello, my name is Heidi Ohlander. Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces, Aquarius Rising…. I don’t have so-called interests or hobbies. Life is my interest. I love the concept of Mastery, and I freely admit that I have a “hacker” type personality in the quest of Mastery. Minnesota is my home. I tell people… Continue Reading
I Keep Coming Back to Word Press
I’m so happy to have a new website! WordPress has come so far in the past few years. When I started blogging, the basic choices were either: a) DiaryLand b) LiveJournal c) get your own website, but you probably won’t because it requires a LOT of complicated/mysterious coding skills So yeah, either DiaryLand or… Continue Reading