I love the end of the year. It is a relief to get to the end and officially finish. It is only a day like any other but the psychological necessity of it is real. Everybody can do hard things in small amounts and everybody...

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It is hard to demand that creative flow come out on demand. I have found that one way to overcome this unfortunate plight is to start running on the treadmill and think about what you want to do. The repetition of pounding away on the...

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I have some friends that are in a place where it seems impossible to get started. Being creative seems a far away dream and for someone else. The reality is creativity is not some weird visit from another planet. It is only a habit. If...

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The truth is if you scribble for three hours straight and just enjoy the scribble and just keep doing it for three hours, somewhere in there will be a beautiful line. a beautiful thought or a beautiful dream. The act of writing down thoughts {...

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I have brothers that possess kill. You give them a project and they will go to the edge of infinity to get it done. My brother Andy has asthma and has only the use of a smalll portion of his lungs, like 20 percent. Needless...

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Things can go slow when trying to birth a new idea. The problem with art shows is you have to come up with a new idea that is fresh but not too fresh and to too much like you did before. This morning has been...

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People often say they cant draw a stick man to show how uncreative they are. I always think good. You probably are thinking drawing realistically has something to do with creativity. Well it doesn’t. In fact I would say that drawing in a distorted way...

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Skin gets dry in winter because there is no moisture in the air. You have to apply lots of cream to keep your face from freezing into a stiff mask. Your whole life is like the weather. When you have dry spells of creativity and...

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The second we get up in the morning we have a plan in mind of how the day should go. As soon as that plan gets thwarted by one thing going wrong, we get in a state of mind that is anxious. There is a...

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Working on a project with no end in sight can quickly become discouraging and tedious and horrible. It seems like nothing will ever change and then one thing changes and it opens up anew road that was not there before. You just never know when...

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