Happy Groundhog’s Day, Beauty Hunters!
Are you ready to be delighted? Meet one of the most fun, talented, and quirky co-workers I’ve had the pleasure to call a colleague, friend, and now a trusty member of the Beauty Hunter community.
Miiiiiichael Ortlieb!
Have you ever watched on as a co-worker started singing a Michael McDonald duet in the middle of an open-plan office space?
Have you ever worked with someone who will blast a “zero-point-zero” sound effect while a co-worker is lamenting something gone wrong?
I have! 🙋🏻♀️
For four years, Michael and I worked in the marketing department of a software company in downtown Seattle where Michael designed and I wrote. He was always up for a coffee run; he ate beautiful lunches while I scarfed cans of soup. He alerted us to the new Pantone color of the year the second it was announced; he educated us on fonts and beautiful lines, and kept us laughing—and grounded—day in, day out.
Michael excels at finding humor in tragedy, so he’s a perfect person to have on any work team. Watch the video to see how he stood in a corner at his grandmothers’ wakes and poked fun at them.
Husband, father, Shriner, karaoke competitor, runner, Michael is this little metaverse of unexpected surprises. Who else will tell you straight-faced about going to see Puddles Pitty Party, a 6’6” clown who performs his own take on popular songs?
Michael has weathered losses, endured life’s turbulences, plays the long game, and rides out the storms with a sparkle in his eye.
He has been in two Beauty Hunter salons: The inaugural Beauty Salon, and last year’s Humor, Play & Fun salon. His thoughts on play?
“Do a lot more of it [play] this year. If you think you’re doing enough, do twice as much.”
Everyone who meets Michael in the salons wants to be his friend. Get a taste of this fabulous, feisty creative in 12 exquisite minutes—watch the video!
Michael Ortlieb, according to Michael Ortlieb:
“I design. I run. I sing karaoke.
And I belong to a group that discusses poor kerning.”
Read more about Michael here.
💥Coming March 15 - The Salons Are Back!💥
Eight Wednesdays, two months, 12 - 1 pm PT, explore the playful nature of life.
Let’s greet Spring by exploring the frontier of Humor, Play & Fun. Consider, for example:
💃🏿What if Humor, Play & Fun (like Beauty) are unconditional qualities, there for us 24/7 no matter what’s going on in our lives and the world?
🕺🏻What if HPF can occur even when we feel like shit, and life looks frightening and hopeless?
💥How can we use HP&F to increase our capacity for life and living—aka to “handle” things?
How do we incorporate play into a life of turmoil and pain? All moods welcome.
🍇The first month will be explorations and antenna raising.
🍌The second month we’ll take some of our findings and curiosities out into the world, play around, return and share what happened.
==> For more info on Salons et al, go to Everyday Creative, Salons. You can register by emailing me, at: tatyana @ everydaycreative (dot) net.
Play Q&A With Michael Ortlieb