Doing a show in a small town like soap lake has its own unigue offerings. for one thing, people do not have tons of art to look at on a regular basis. So they like you and are appreciative. the second thing is that they...

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If what-you-see-is-what-you-get, then you’d better be putting some great things in your view. I can make a concerted effort to only see the good in others and hardest of all myself.  If i spend all my time bemoaning how far I am away from where...

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One thing I would do is try more things while I could. Teenagers are so ripe with possibilities that they do not take advantage of. In a perfect world I would not have to go to school which takes up a huge amount of time....

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You write the story of your life with every thought you have. Our minds just get used to going down certain paths because of repetition and then that becomes “OUR WAY.” You have heard that term” Oh, that is just her way.”  Yes it is...

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Have you ever met somebody who could focus on what they were doing to the extent that they could not even hear you when you talked to them. Of course you have. You have even done this.  We get absorbed when we are good at...

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If you wake up and expect today to be a wonderful exciting experience where you learn new things and people call you up and totally love you and you have all these good things happen. Then your chances of that happening go up about a...

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Every second of the day we determine what we will do next. Nobody else determines anything for us. WE do. Every time we say to ourselves I am going to do this(with determination) we do it till we say to ourselves”ok ,this is too hard”...

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The wonderful life of being an artist and calling yourself that and living that and only being that is what anybody can do. I am not unique. I decided to do all of the above when I was very young. There is something in that...

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Have you ever been 86ed from someplace? I have. I was with my family, and we were too noisy because we were pretty happy and excited to be together and we were 86ed from this bar in Seattle. Well I call that an accomplishment. First...

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There are few plans so weird or so ‘out-there’ that they’re completely unworkable, especially with a little tweaking. The way to tell if you can use a wild idea is to try it on for size. I mean, just go there and you can tweak...

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