Worrying about something isn’t the same as working on something.  Recently, I’ve been on a few projects where others have told me that they’re just slammed with work, and they don’t have time to get anything done.  What I’ve found out is that what is taking up so much of their time…is that they are […]

One of my favorite history lessons is about failure. Over 100 years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton captained what is considered one of the most spectacular failures. As far as failures go, it is a successful one though. Are you still with me? His ship, Endurance, became trapped in the shifting grip of pack ice and

I’d like to say that everything I know about art, I learned from running. But, I think a more appropriate statement is, “everything I apply to my art, I learned from endurance.” It’s not that I was a great runner. I wasn’t.  I’m still not. That isn’t the point. To be frank, I’m not a

Time… is not on your side. That will not change.  Creativity is a fickle beast.  Sometimes it strikes when you aren’t ready, and if you don’t act on it…it’s gone If you don’t write it down. If you don’t draw it out.  If you don’t capture it. It’s just gone.  The crap luck of that,

I’d like to take a moment to list the qualifications that you need to be a creative. 1. (Expletive) End of list.  What you need is a desire to create and a willingness to put up with all the B.S. (read as B-S) in order to see your project through.  Sometimes the art itself is

Right now. You can probably find an AI to do some elements, if not all, of your job. Do you feel threatened? Is the threat that a computerized thought processor can collect the components needed for the recipe in seconds, or that some people think so little of your craft that they figure a bot

There are a lot of stories out there about people who survived impossible odds. They made it back.  They thrived.  But you know what there are even more stories of? Those that didn’t.  If you want to survive.  If you have aspirations to thrive.  You have to survive the desert. You have to make it

There are apps now that can generate “art” in a matter of seconds.  The key difference is that it is not created, it is generated.  It isn’t moved to create something that matters, it spits it out like a printer when prompted.  Don’t be intimidated.  Cheap art will always be cheap. Tell your story.  Create

For a nominal fee, you can name a star after yourself, or someone else of your choosing. And, until it burns out, you have that name. The sky is littered with them. Both named and unnamed. But you don’t get to name the brightest or most well-known. You can purchase the left overs. So, what

How’s that fire of creative passion burning? Are you ideas stalked? Have you stoked the home fire? The end of the year will be here before we know it, and along with it, a new round of annual goals. But…how did you do this year? And, what can we all do in order to improve