In order to finish, you have to be there when it ends.  It seems like such a simple idea, but in practice finishing anything takes a toll.  Every project gets complicated.  You want what’s best, even when what’s best doesn’t always seem tangible.  New, shiny, ideas take shape and come to life in your mind. They […]

Awards are neat. They typically matter more to those who haven’t won them yet.  They offer validation and recognition of hard work. But they can also take the wind out of your sails when you get them.  After you win, people always ask you what’s next.  Can you repeat it? Where do you go from

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