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The Hidden Loneliness of the Creative Life The Many Roads That Lead to Isolation and Sadness Loneliness is one of the least acknowledged realities of the creative life—and one of the most damaging. From the outside, artists often appear surrounded: by audiences,...

What Artists Actually Need Right Now  And How the IACPA Will Help  When people talk about “supporting the arts,” the conversation almost always collapses into a single word: funding. Funding matters, of course. But to imagine that money alone addresses the lived...

A Worldwide Home for the Creative Spirit Why the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists Matters Now The International Association of Creative and Performing Artists (IACPA) was founded on a simple but increasingly radical premise: that creative...

This is where artists are gathering. The International Association of Creative and Performing Artists. Come join them. The first home for artists worldwide. Take a quick peek – I know you’ll love it!

My new initiative, the International Association of Creative and Performing Artists, has just opened its doors. This is the first global home for artists and you will want to be part of it! Visit here, learn more, and subscribe to our free newsletter. You’ll get...

10 Tips for Using Blue to Maximum Effect Exploit Blue’s Emotional Baseline Blue is widely experienced as calming, trustworthy, and spacious. Use it as an emotional ground from which other feelings can emerge—rather than as the emotional climax itself. Vary Temperature...

[Please take a look at my latest book, Brave New Mind, which teaches the invaluable skill of serene readiness. Perfect for artists!]  Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Visual Artists Resolve to Separate Making Art from Monetizing Art Do not let market logic colonize...

[Please subscribe to Eric Maisel: Thinking Aloud, which brings you a new “Tales of the Creative Life” every Tuesday and a new “The Craft of Coaching with Eric Maisel” every Thursday. You can subscribe for free here.] TEN WAYS THAT AI CAN HELP VISUAL ARTISTS Here are...

Here are ten practical, craft-centered tips for sculptors working in marble, blending technique, workflow, and mindset: Choose the Right Block Look for marble with consistent grain, minimal fissures, and a color suited to your vision. Veining can add drama, but it can...

Here are ten of the biggest challenges visual artists (painters, illustrators, digital artists, sculptors, etc.) are likely to face in 2026, based on how trends today seem to be evolving. Several are continuations or intensifications of problems already underway. Top...