Today’s new post is in the above video. – - Return To Home Page | Artists’ Artworks Index | Facebook | Twitter You can receive notifications of new posts through email notifications, WordPress… Read More
What concepts might help someone be more creative? Do you wish you were more creative? Creating things for others is important – even when you know what you will create will be imperfect… Read More
Kiva.org I should begin by saying I am not a particularly charitable person – as most people might define “charitable.” Instead, I focus on finding specific people who might benefit from specific assets… Read More
How do I say these things as briefly as possible? For Facebook users, I’ve connected this blog to Facebook. If you like using Facebook as a newsfeed, you can add this blog’s updates by hitting the “Like”… Read More
I write on days when I don’t feel like writing. This is because I write primarily to please others. In this modern age of a “30 second news cycle,” where the “biggest” stories seem to come in… Read More
1) Create something for the pleasure or benefit of yourself or others. 2) Find someone else who is creating something for the pleasure or benefit of others. Support their creativity. 3) Rest and… Read More
Whether a person has an eating problem (too much, wrong stuff, or too little), or a problem with prescription drugs, or they destroy parts of their life because of their preference for alcohol… Read More
“one cannot be in a vacuum. We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.” ~ Rollo May from his book “The Courage To Create.” From the 1975… Read More
Well, it is clear you should focus on . . . Wait a minute, it is not clear. Not simple at all. Simplification or reduction may not be the answer, no matter how many… Read More
What Questions Can You Live Without Answering? What questions cue your curiosity so much that it would be unpleasant to not pursue possible answers to those questions? Maybe a good exercise, to learn… Read More
When today I heard Roger Ebert died, I cried and cried. The above image is the self-portrait he took the day before he knew his face would forever be different after having a portion… Read More
Do you struggle with relationships? Are you at ease in the company of others? Or do you often look to get away from social situations, preferring to not have to parry through potential… Read More
I was listening to a book today and one of the characters said they were going home. That made me think about the concept of “home.” “Papa’s voice arrived loudly in her ears,… Read More
If I could tell the world just one thing today, if I could only discuss one topic I thought may be worth more consideration, it would be this: I finished reading Patrick Rothfuss’… Read More
Hi, I want to thank WordPress for being a forum where individual writers, like me, can express their, often unpopular, opinions. I’m reading Markus Zusak’s “The Book Thief.” The book tells a story… Read More
Write what you want to read Draw what you want to see rendered Connect with the things you want to keep connected with Photograph what you want to remember seeing Review what you… Read More
Questions . . . Do you know you have written something good when many people have read it? When many people tell you they agree with you? When they compliment you? When they re-read it? When… Read More
Have you ever wondered?: What goes on in the mind of someone who regularly thinks: It would be a good idea to write posts about sexuality and love in the arts. Sounds pretty… Read More
“Perhaps a thing gains beauty being used.” “Perhaps a thing is used according to its beauty,” ~ Patrick Rothfuss from his book “The Wise Man’s Fear.” – - Commentary: How many different… Read More
I don’t know how to advise an artist how to do their work or how to prioritize their work. I do know how expensive life tends to be. To artists who can… Read More
As the image below shows, I recently received my 1000th “Helpful” vote on my Amazon reviews. Most days in my life, one of the things I aspire to be is helpful. So, this silly,… Read More
One of my chronic weaknesses is: I am a poster child for “not letting go.” The last woman who left me used to criticize me for the unending love I still had for… Read More
“You’re there to curry favor. That’s the high stakes game. Besides, fortune follows favor – as they say. If you get one, you’ll have the other.” ~ Patrick Rothfuss from his book… Read More
