by Luke Sullivan | Apr 17, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
“3 A.M. CALL TO THE PLUMBER.” (Curtain rises) WE OPEN ON A CLOCK ON THE WALL. IT’S 3 IN THE MORNING. WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL SLEEPY PLUMBER ENTERING A BATHROOM AS THE CLIENT HOLDS OPEN THE DOOR. CLIENT: It’s in here. The sink is just totally clogged. PLUMBER: No...
by Luke Sullivan | Mar 21, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary
Thank you to author Chanpory Rith of Lifeclever.com for this marvelous little lesson. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What 50 pounds of clay can teach you about design. A 3rd-year graphic design teacher, Alison Woods, once told a parable from “Art and Fear”...
by Luke Sullivan | Feb 6, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
I remember a time when, back in say the early ‘80s, when America sat down to enjoy the Super Bowl and the commercials with – not a less critical mind – but perhaps a less angry one. Oh, there were comments back in those days, yes, but not the kind of vitriol I see in...
by Luke Sullivan | Jan 18, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary
This morning I wrote an email to a kid I heard was in the dumps. Thought someone else out there could possibly use the same chuck-on-the-shoulder. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hello ____, it’s me, Luke. I hear “through...
by Luke Sullivan | Jan 8, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
Recently, Heidi Ehlers, (Creative Career Consultant, and founder of Heidi Consults www.heidiconsults.com), told me about a lesson she once learned from her mother. Heidi had just moped into a room to whine to her mother, “Momma, I am so bored.” And her mother...
by Luke Sullivan | Dec 16, 2011 | Commentary, General Crankiness
(Article I wrote for the Los Angeles Times.) My mother, a dyed-in-the-wool Minnesota Democrat, is sitting across the breakfast table from me. She’s reading the paper and comes across an ad for the big after-Thanksgiving sale at The Mall of America. “How can people...