I was having a hard time getting through to successful artists. I would send my dutiful email detailing at length why they should exhibit at [...]
Meet Paul Tamanian -- or The Tamaniac as he's been dubbed. They say Don't judge a book by its cover. But in this case you [...]
"I found myself at one of life’s crossroads, the “safe” path leading in one direction, uncertainty—and possibility—in the other. Eventually I came to realize that [...]
In this time of coronavirus creators have a choice. They can do what my wife and I have done -- check news and feeds like [...]
In a conversation with chef and woodworker Dave Beck, he described his mantra: It's mine until it's yours. Meaning -- While he's creating a piece [...]
In Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott suggests beginning writers should quickly get their ideas rough and messy onto the page. In fact she advocates they [...]
A good friend asked me this the other day: What makes you entrepeneurial? First the easy answers came to mind: My Dad started his own [...]
Too many of us crave a mythical calling when all we really need is to pay attention to what is emerging. And get more curious [...]
Robert Frost once said: "No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." Isn't this true of all art forms? I watch my wife [...]
In today's world you often work in cascading explosions of micro-urgencies. You look up, you see the time, the afternoon has passed in quick bursts [...]
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