I talked a little bit about this when I wrote about when creative people cannot create. But I really want to expand on the importance of having a morning routine. You'll basically meet three types of artists. The first time is the successful artists. They make a living doing the…
Don't forget to live I've read Plato. And of course, studied Greek philosophy, Greek art, Roman art, etc. All that good stuff. But, we can go too far. What if one would spend too much time reading and forgot to live? Didn't Cervantes write a book about that? I do…
You've heard the cliché many times, that the artist has to suffer to create good art. You've seen the examples. How perhaps the greatest American novelist, Ernest Hemingway, suffered from lifelong depression and finally ended his life with a shotgun. My favorite composer, Tchaikovsky, suffered from melancholia his entire life.…
Fantasy inspiration could also come from real life. It doesn't have to be totally random. We're not rich. I drive a piece of crap car with tons of miles and a big ass dent that I never fixed. We live in an apartment barely bigger than a shoe box. Every…
The child draws. Not asked to. She just does. And she gets good at it fast. And her parents smile proudly. She continues to draw and gets considerably better. But, she starts to reach an age where that gets discouraged. Grown ups will tell her to focus on other things.…