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I’m a writer, not a visual artist. I invite you to translate the following little lesson for writers into one that you can use as a visual artist. I bet you’ll find the translating easy! Today I wrote a sentence that I like: You do not need to be whole to be hopeful....

The one-hour webinar I delivered the other week called “Everything You Need to Know About Coaching Creatives” was very well-received. The recording of that webinar is now available and you can listen to it here for free. Also, completely for free, Part II of the...

On Wednesday, July 22, I'll be presenting a FREE webinar entitled Everything You Need To Know About Coaching Creatives. This is a great workshop for coaches AND for creatives. Please don't miss it. It'll run for 90 minutes starting at 9 am Pacific time, noon Eastern...

Is Your Art Meaningful? You know that art is meaningful because you’ve been moved by the art of others. You have first-hand experience of that. Art may not cure diseases or save the world; but that it can’t manage those high-bar feats is no reason to doubt that it has...

Here are three things to try when, as a working artist, you find yourself bringing in far less money than your mate does. 1. Explain that you don’t want to feel—or be made to feel—one-down, inferior, or dependent because of this disparity in income. By announcing that...

Never heard of kirism? No wonder. It’s a new philosophy of life that’s just been unveiled. I think you’ll find that it’s exactly what you’ve been looking for—even if you didn’t know that you were looking! Learn all about it—and how it will powerfully support your art...

We have to break our habit of routinely and reflexively turning to one of our “distraction addictions” to while away our free minutes. As a matter of routine, and without thinking about it, people nowadays check their email, browse the news online, turn to Facebook,...

I thought I’d chat about artists and addiction, especially during these trying times. This may or may not be an issue for you, but if it is, it’s a serious one. Below are twenty-five challenges, vulnerabilities, risks, and needs in an artist’s life. Each of these can...

Here are five straightforward elements of a daily plan: 1. Start each day with a simple, eloquent plan like “I am painting today.” 2. Create a daily mantra that you use to keep yourself on track. It might be something like “I stay the course” or “Process” or “Effort,...

What is your “list” and why would you want one or need one? Your list is simply the email addresses you collect of folks who might be interested in what you do as an artist, as a teacher of art, as a workshop leader, etc. It is one of the ways—perhaps your most...