Of course, people have the right to be happy in whatever way they choose to make their own happiness and they aren’t harming anyone else […]
HTBAA – Work, Work, Work
Just work. And keep working. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist Drag my unremarkable ass to the gym. Sit my ass down and read […]
Creative Process Update – 27 DEC 2021
I have been reading and writing. Reading way more than writing, which is something, I guess. Things I read this past week: You should drink […]
HTBAA - Get Lost
Avoid lingering on the well-worn path; you don’t want to be a minor example of someone else’s major style or idea. Jerry Saltz, How to […]
HTBAA – Develop Forms of Practice
Whenever you have an odd moment – over your morning coffee, as you’re riding the subway, while sitting in the dentist’s waiting room – practice… […]
HTBAA – Cast Your Nets into the Waters
You are probing for ideas even if you don’t know what you’re hoping to find. Anything goes. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist I […]
Writing Prompt Wednesday (WPW) – Exasperation
Exasperation – state of being irritated or extremely annoyed I was irritated and extremely annoyed with how my life had been one big exercise in […]
Creative Process Update – 07 DEC 2021
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp I have been underwhelmed by my work habits. […]
HTBAA – Recognize Convention – and Resist Constraint
Convention can be good or bad; used consciously and inventively, it can be beautiful. But conventions are limits, and limits should be recognized for what […]
I’ve always been impossible
When I was in grade 7, I drifted by a cultural documentary on PBS. The clouds of my tweenaged despair parted. I was enlightened. I […]