For the purposes of this post, making = creating. This post is creating. I walk into each and every day with the greatest of intentions […]
HTBAA – Start Now
You can start anytime. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist I’m big on dates of significance. Up until the pandemic, I started my year […]
WpW – Do people have a right to be happy or should they have to earn it?
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 […]
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 […]