“Create with the heart, build with the mind.” ~ Chriss Jami, American poet, essayist and philosopher

Back in April of 2015, I posted a blog about 29 cities around the world who have UNESCO’s Creative Industry designations behind them. It was a highly read piece. Today, I’d like to reshare a few tidbits of information about the same subject.

Did you know Baltimore is known as a literary hub due to the notable authors who were Baltimore natives or spent much time in these parts writing? Think! F. Scott Fitzgerald,  Anne Tyler, Edgar Allen Poe, and Tom Clancy. Then there was Anne Lamott, who was educated at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland.  Back in the 1980s, a statement made by the Mayor was a bit controversial when he said, “the city’s literary heart beats as strongly as ever.” Hopefully Maryland author’s words will live on forever on pages and in the annals of the State’s literary history.

Here is an article that you might enjoy about the future of work, and the role of artists in it. It is well worth the read from beginning to end.

What about you? Are you a person with visionary ideas who thinks they’d be useful in a creative economy? Why not envision where the concepts might take you and act on it.