Getting out of bed means the day will have to begin. Going to bed at night means having to relive this again soon. Moving through the...

The "Ah-ha!" moment. The "Light bulb going off" moment. The "It just clicked" moment. These break-through moments of clarity are...

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on...

You don't have to prove yourself. Not to your boss, your ex, your teacher, your co-worker, your children, your client, your parents, the...

If you are concerned with gaining a following your art will suffer. Your over-concern with what you think others think they want will...

Fear of failure. Fear of being “found out”. Fear of not being as good as others think you are. Fear that you will have to try harder than...

The Artist and the CEO are in a constant tug-of-war for my attention and affection. I like the unencumbered free-thinking idealism of...

What are you working on today? Is it something that feeds your soul or is it a have-to-should-supposed-to-expectation-duty-obligatory-go-...

Doing the work to the best of your ability and letting it stand on its own is a difficult task. We would rather give some kind of...

To surrender or give up? Neither one of these are particularly attractive. In each case that which we wanted is given over to something...