Creative Bulletin n.229

This is how the first three days of my mountain retreat looked: two hours long afternoon naps 😂 And the usual activities: swimming at the river, meditations, art therapy, inner work (I talk a lot about all of this in The Creative Ambush). From problem to solution. We have been racking

Creative Bulletin n.228

The Creative Ambush's launch week ended with over 1,000 pre-orders of the book (thank you to each and every one 🙏). The book is being printed already, and after all this excitement, Sole, the prototype and I, are retiring to the mountains at my Teacher's place.

Creative Bulletin n.227

Yesterday we finally launched The Creative Ambush and it was immediately well received: over 300 copies were pre-ordered in the first few hours 🤟 You can find it here >> https://sefirot.it/the-creative-ambush And, if you missed the Creativity Workshop we had on Sunday, here is the link to

Creative Bulletin n.226

Yesterday I went crazy trying to come up with a catch phrase to write on The Creative Ambush landing page. After two hours spent walking back and forth around the living room, two hundred versions, and several feedback from friends and colleagues, we came to the conclusion that the first

Creative Bulletin n.225

Here's the video for The Creative Ambush >> https://vimeo.com/953720717?share=copy Simone and I worked on the stop motion on Wednesday morning. The rest was done in the afternoon with Sara's help. What we found out is that with a little bit

Creative Bulletin n.224

We're about to launch! In a few weeks we will give you the opportunity to pre-order The Creative Ambush, our handbook on creativity. In the meantime, we are officially looking for a few Beta Readers: the first readers who will have a chance to read the volume before

Creative bulletin n.223

As I've been doing every year, for the pst few years, last week I took part in a shamanic training. The practice I found most intense was the covenant with the roses: I asked to learn to open up and feel more. Getting closer to nature also means

Creative Bulletin n.222

Wednesday's event went well, even too well 😂 I held intùiti sessions from 6 p.m. until just before midnight without ever being able to stop (thank you so much to those who stopped by 🙏) What happens when we break our routine. It was strange not to attend the

Creative Bulletin n.221

For the past few days I've been having fun taking quotes from The Creative Ambush and turning them into  Instagram posts (you can find them here 😉 >> https://www.instagram.com/sefirotindependentpublisher/ ) It's a mix of joy and anguish: I'm doing it because

Creative Bulletin n.220

Yep, it’s true: instead of taking part to the Turin Book Fair as we’ve been doing for the past editions, this year we’ll just throw a party 😂🍷 And you’re all invited: I’ll do some intùiti sessions,you’ll be able to test our products, we’

Creative bulletin n.219

We’re working to launch The Creative Ambush, the handbook on creativity. Some of us on proofreading, some on translation, some on layout. The first beta readers we sent are enthusiastic ❤️ We trust that by summer it will be in your hands! A taste. Inside Creative Ambush I tried to

Creative Bulletin n.218

My trip to Lisbon is coming to an end: tomorrow I will return to Turin 🤟 What I learned from this experience: 🔥 The intent behind what we do defines our lives. I went with the idea to focus, to work hard and figure out what direction should the company take, and

Creative Bulletin n.217

I am building Sefirot Consulting's website Yes, in a few weeks we will open up to consulting 🤟 We will start with private intùiti sessions, business analysis with BAD, and support in the advanced use of Fabula and Edito. Over the past few months, many people have been asking

Creative Bulletin n.216

This is the face of my traveling buddy saying: «Come on, we've done what we came here to do. Can we go home now?» LOL 😂 Yes, Sole, we’re almost done. In these past weeks, everything I hoped for came true: * Creative Ambush is ready. I rearranged the

Creative Bulletin n.215

Simone, our videomaker, came to see Umberto and I in Lisbon and I took him to this terrace on the first night so he could have a taste of aguardente (it killed us 😂). Instead of the pic you see above there should have been one of the three of us,

Creative Bulletin n.214

Yesterday we launched a handbook to help therapists and family mediators introduce intùiti in their sessions and it has received a far more enthusiastic reception than I expected. I'm happy because it means that intùiti is truly becoming a tool for helping people ❤️ (plus I didn't

Creative Bulletin n.213

Creative Ambush is getting better and better 🔥 In a few days it will be ready to read for some helpful beta readers! Experiments and new products * I am learning Portuguese by using memory techniques and, surprisingly, it is working! I am memorizing 10 words a day with the goal of

Creative Bulletin n.212

Most of my days are occupied by drawing Creative Ambush vignettes and sending photos of Sole, since everyone wants to know how he's doing😂 (he's doing great by the way!). Boyhood or growth? The trip is paying off. The other night I talked about my biggest

Creative Bulletin n.211

My days in Lisbon: outdoor cafés and the first print tests for Creative Ambush. These attempts turned out to be quite funny. I tried to book them over the phone with the local copy shop: «Do you speak English?», «No», (I tried spelling it out slowly but loudly in italian)

Creative Bulletin n.210

Wednesday morning I left for Lisbon where I will spend the next two months🚀 And yes, I went with Sole, who received a lot of compliments at the airport and who was – surprisingly – such a good boy for the whole trip ❤️ If you are in Lisbon or if you have

Creative Bulletin n.209

The first part of the pic is a test for creating Creative Ambush's cover. I want to put a canvas on top of colored cards, and then lay it on a metal sheet, then I want to tear it apart with an awl or a screwdriver so that

Creative Bulletin n.208

The one you see above is an ad for Edito, which made our social media channels burst with comments 😂 In the text we tell the story of Luciano (a madeup yet very plausible story) : if you work on your manuscript with a method, this will be more likely to be

Creative Bulletin n.207

Yesterday I flew to Amsterdam and from there to Nuremberg to meet Umberto and attend the Spielwarenmesse, the Game Fair, (we will be there until February 2!). At one point there were mountains below and so many clouds... and I thought that sometimes we complain about the small stuff of

Creative Bulletin n.206

I’ve written about 55000 words for Creative Ambush, the manual on creativity that I’m currently working on. I’m missing the last part and then I can start the editing 🔥 Drafting is turning out to be more intense than I expected, I can only compare it to my

Creative Bulletin n.205

Last night we held a new workshop on creating creative tools at IAAD in Turin (Institute of Applied Arts and Design), with the goal of inspiring designers between the ages of 19 and 21 to develop products like ours. The kids came up with some promising concepts 😍 Next week, at