by admin-eric | Dec 19, 2014 | Fine Arts America
I’m regularly surprised by how many of my artist clients (I work as a creativity coach) are suffering from chronic illness or chronic pain. Sometimes it seems as if every client is dealing with a pressing physical issue: back pain, intestinal maladies, arthritis,...
by admin-eric | Dec 12, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Here are three simple suggestions from three creativity coaches to keep you on track with your art-making: “Begin each day with an affirmation. Write your own affirmation or copy one from a piece of literature that inspires you. Make it your practice to read your...
by admin-eric | Dec 5, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Among the interesting things I’m learning as I conduct interviews for an upcoming Life Purpose Boot Camp symposium is how long it takes folks to make a life change even after the meaning has drained out of their current enterprise—out of their profession, say, their...
by admin-eric | Nov 29, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Frances had come to narrative painting late in life after 20 years as a corporate lawyer. Her paintings were large, powerful, and sold well. But she had the hardest time not bad-mouthing them, both for the full four months it took her to paint one and after each was...
by admin-eric | Nov 21, 2014 | Fine Arts America
People come with a past and a personality. Marsha was no exception. Her sister’s accidental death at the age of twelve and her family’s collapse after that terrible death robbed Marsha of something: joy; confidence; hope for her own future; something. It also seemed...