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The Best Audience

The Best Audience

Last week I invited you to find an artistic hero within your creative field. Select one work of theirs that you want to engage with over the next twelve months. I framed this aspiration as a conversation between artists, using the pen or the paint to communicate. I...
A Poem to Inspire

A Poem to Inspire

I want to share this poem with you today. It is written by the talented poet Naomi Shihab Nye. I hope that it inspires you this week, as you cultivate a sense of purpose for your creative endeavor in the coming year. ALWAYS BRING A PENCIL There will not be a test. It...
Song of the Blackbird

Song of the Blackbird

These lyrics crept up on me last night, from the Beatles’ “Blackbird”: Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken...