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Ego, Fear and Humility

It is the ego’s dicey proposition that as artists we should always be “special” and different. The ego likes to be set apart. It likes to look down its nose at the rest of humanity. Such isolation is actually damaging. It is like the reverse of the Midas touch turning everything golden into a problem. […]


CONNECTION

We write to express ourselves, but we also write to connect. Connection is a primary human need. From cave dwellers onward, we scratched our message into stone, hoping that it would be read and understood. As we became more adroit at expression, the messages that we sent became more complex. “I am here and you […]


Social Media and Creative Energy

Week Three

For many artists, social media is a mixed blessing. Easily addictive yet highly connective, it works best for us as an addition to our art rather than as a substitute for it. The danger of social media is that in our hunger for connection, we pour out our creative energies into a barrage of emails, […]


Cherishing

All who would win must share it. Happiness was born a twin. -Lord Byron Sometimes we are less a person than a place for those we love. Our hearts are the hearts sought by the lonely. I offer those I love the steadiness of my companionship when times grow difficult and dark. Recognizing that my […]


A Child’s Heart

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. -Pablo Picasso My heart is a garden for creative ideas. I recognize that art begins in the heart. I love my creative nature and I love expressing it. I create as an act of love and connection. I […]