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Given that it was never easy to be an artist or to succeed as an artist, and given that AI and world circumstances are not going to make that any easier, what is an artist to do? I think the answer begins by giving up two comforting ideas: that the world will...

What are your most urgent concerns as an artist? Drop me a line to ericmaisel@hotmail.com and let me know and I'll share them in the coming weeks. Just let me know if you do or don't want your name used.

10 Reasons an Artist Might Want to Become a Human Experience Specialist. Learn more about the Human Experience Specialist Certification Course here. You already study the human experience. Artists are observers of longing, conflict, identity, love, loss, ambition,...

Here are ten tips that emphasize products that are inexpensive to produce, easy to understand, and genuinely connected your work as an artist Start with what people already respond to. Don’t invent a product in a vacuum. Notice which paintings, images, characters,...

UNDERSTANDING THE ABUSE CONTINUUM This post is part of a series on creativity and addiction. Are you a nonfiction writer? Come join me for three months of nonfiction book coaching. Learn more here. In recent years, the addictions field and the science behind it have...

  This post is part of a series on creativity and addiction.  Are you a nonfiction writer? Come join me for three months of nonfiction book coaching. Learn more here.   A person with vitality, passion, and energy--a person who is really alive--possesses roiling...

CREATIVITY, MEANING, AND ADDICTION This post is part of a series on creativity and addiction. Are you a nonfiction writer? Come join me for three months of nonfiction book coaching. Learn more here. In previous posts in this creativity and addiction series, I’ve...

This post is part of a series on creativity and addiction.  Are you a nonfiction writer? Come join me for three months of nonfiction book coaching. Learn more here. I CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION One of the major unfortunate consequences of the extra drive that we...

INDIVIDUALITY AND ADDICTION Many potential risk factors put a person in jeopardy for an addiction. Researchers in the field estimate that in the neighborhood of 40 – 50% of the risk can be attributed to genetic or biological causes; if you have close relatives who...

THE HAPPY BONDAGE OF ADDICTION   Over the course the of next several posts I’d like to explain why creatives are at greater risk for addiction than the next person and what you can do to deal with your addictive tendencies, whether they manifest as an addiction...