5 Actions great artists take in difficult times
Are these difficult times or the best of times? The first realization on your path as a great artist is to make sure your answer to …
Artist Warrior Manifesto
If you are brave enough to call yourself an artist, you must pledge to live and breathe the call of creation or do not read further. To be an Artist …
How to Avoid Artistic Burnout: Create Like You’re on a Seesaw
When your ideas ignite your imagination, you start jumping around like bubbles in a boiling pot. You get excited, the creative flow gets going …
Want to Fly With Your Art? Step Off a Cliff.
Making art can seem scary. You work out your fears, the nagging little buggers on your shoulder, wade through excuses and cut through …
Mistakes: Why You Should Make One Today
Nothing stops spontaneous creativity in its tracks more than thoughts of being prepared or of being judged. Am I ready? Do I know enough? …
Ever Feel Like Giving Up?
Beginning In 2006, I was gaining traction on my art career and selling work at festivals. I had taken that first step in 2003 (more on that …