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Today’s post is from Brenda Schweder (https://brenda-schweder-found.myshopify.com), who creates the most interesting wearable sculpture. Here’s her “rant.” Please enjoy, and please visit her shop to learn more. Naturally Sustainable: One Artist’s Very Ambivalent Rant...

As a visual artist, what help do you need? As we build our life navigation app that will launch in September, we are looking at the idea of support. Who would you want to invite into your life to support you? What support are you looking for from someone you could...

I asked ChatGPT, "What are the best ways to market art?" Here is Chat's response: Marketing art effectively requires a multifaceted approach that combines traditional methods with modern digital strategies. Here are some of the best ways to market art: ### 1. **Build...

We’re currently building a life navigation app that will help creatives attend to everything that’s important to them, including their creative efforts. We are cultivating a select list of users who will commit to trying out the app for a month and provide us with...

Are you familiar with the great Canadian painter Emily Carr? Here are 10 of her memorable quotes: Do not try to do extraordinary things, but do ordinary things with intensity. It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but...

Ten great Giacometti quotes: I began to do sculpture because that was precisely the realm in which I understood least. I couldn’t endure having it elude me completely. I had no choice. Art is the only way to escape from the chaos of existence. There is no such thing...

Ten Memorable Diane Arbus Quotes "I really believe that there are things that nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them." "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." "A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a...

He was one of a kind. Here are 10 memorable Andy Warhol quotes. In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. I am a deeply superficial person. I never fall apart, because I never fall together. I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as...

He's not as well known as Claude Monet. But he did some beautiful work. Here are 10 great Alfred Sisley quotes. "The beauty of nature inspires me to paint every day." "To me, painting is like breathing; it is an essential part of my existence." "Light and color are my...

Having worked as a creativity coach for thirty-five years and having written at least a score of books on the subject of the creative life, I take a special interest in the challenges that smart, sensitive, creative people face. Two of my books in this area are Why...