by admin-eric | Mar 7, 2014 | Fine Arts America
I believe it was a ’56 Buick. I know it cost $50. It was my first car and I drove it mostly drunk, as I was drinking quite a bit in the Army. I would leave Ft. Dix sober, it being only Friday afternoon, drive the two hours to Brooklyn or Manhattan, and begin a weekend...
by admin-eric | Feb 28, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Calmness may not seem like much of a virtue to you. Maybe you prefer a life of excitement, adventure, and risk-taking. Maybe you harbor the suspicion that calmness is very much like premature death. Or maybe you do crave calmness and would love to live your life more...
by admin-eric | Feb 21, 2014 | Fine Arts America
For you, making art is one of your life purposes and one of your meaning opportunities. Are there others? There probably need to be, because putting all of our “meaning eggs” in one basket causes us to rise and fall precipitously based on how our art making and our...
by admin-eric | Feb 14, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Last week I chatted about why boldness is such an important attribute for an artist and how you can better manifest boldness by adopting a “seven-word rule”—that is, by training yourself to say what you need to say and want to say in short, strong sentences. It also...
by admin-eric | Feb 6, 2014 | Fine Arts America
If you were to ask me what single quality you should cultivate in order to become successful as an artist, it would be boldness. That isn’t to say that your art must be bold: you don’t have to produce solid-gold skulls, ten-story installations, photographs of valleys...
by admin-eric | Jan 31, 2014 | Fine Arts America
HOW TO MEET A PERFORMER’S TOP TEN CHALLENGES Are you a performer—a musician, an actor, a public speaker, or anyone who has to make presentations? Maybe 2014 is your time to get a handle on one or more of the following top ten performers’ challenges! 1. Performance...
