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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...
Moment of Repose

Moment of Repose

There is a special moment in the creative process, when you finally see the structure, the underlying foundation, of what you are trying to accomplish. You can see it clearly, seemingly for the first time. Up until this point, you have felt a bit lost, like you are...
The Hospital Crib Muse

The Hospital Crib Muse

I have a sort of muse, at least a disembodied voice that comes through loud and clear, from time to time, especially when I have been slacking off. He is a little bit intimidating. I haven’t succumbed yet to Yeats’ automatic writing exercises, but this muse has crept...
Grasping for Inspiration

Grasping for Inspiration

Grasping for inspiration has plagued many artists, and for a long while, humanity thought that there was a goddess out there in the firmament that could provide a nudge in the right direction, encouraging the artist to put pen to paper or brush to canvas.  There was...