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I got the following question. Here's how I answered it. Dear Dr. Maisel: I've been so mentally distracted by the news lately that I've had a lot of trouble getting motivated to paint and then staying focused when I do. Any thoughts on what I might do? Agitated in...

What's your biggest challenge as an artist? Let your voice be heard! Post your biggest challenge here and let's get the word out. Is it not selling? Is it being blocked? Is it relationships? Is it despair? Is it anxiety? Is it feeling like you don't matter? Is it...

Would you say that you experience any special challenges being both a man and an artist? What are they? Send me your thoughts to ericmaisel@hotmail.com or comment on this post. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Last week I wrote, “Here’s a possible mantra for the coming week: Get a lot done, but celebrate the bits.” In response, Koorosh wrote me: “Eric, I have written your statement on a piece of paper and have it in my studio. I am so bad at it, so I need a reminder. When I...

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...