The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

The magic of the printed word

A meditation on writing, sharing, and remembering

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Dan Blank
Sep 26, 2025
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The other day I watched the 1976 movie, All the President’s Men, with my 14-year old son. I had seen it many times before, but it was his first. I didn’t know how he would react to a movie filled with so many names, and mostly people talking in rooms, but he loved it.

The film reminded me of how the world was before all of these little flat screens — ph…

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