by admin-eric | Jun 26, 2021 | Fine Arts America
Sigmund Freud had many culturally-based, biased ideas (for instance, about “hysterical women”), many weird ideas, many off-base ideas, and many brilliant ideas. One of his very smartest ideas was the notion of “defense mechanisms,” a subject that his daughter Anna...
by admin-eric | Jun 17, 2021 | Fine Arts America
Life is certainly paradoxical. We can darken our mood if, as we are engaged with a creative project, it isn’t going well. If we don’t like what we’ve just written, painted, or composed, that hardly lifts our spirits. On the other hand, when we’re in a blue mood, doing...
by admin-eric | Jun 12, 2021 | Fine Arts America
When I first started out as a family therapist, I created a very simple, quick “mindfulness meditation” that I employed between client sessions. Beginning therapists generally find their first sessions highly stressful, because they imagine that they are supposed to...
by admin-eric | Jun 4, 2021 | Fine Arts America
It is much easier to catch an idea by sitting quietly than by trying to chase it. It is easier to come up with the idea for your next novel by walking around the lake than by banging your head against a wall. It is sometimes more productive to not produce anything new...
by admin-eric | May 28, 2021 | Fine Arts America
Many creatives are juggling more than just their art and the rest of life. They are also juggling their multiple art interests. How do you find time in a real week to take care of all of your duties and responsibilities, work on your current novel, and also get to...
by admin-eric | May 21, 2021 | Fine Arts America
The Benefits of a 100-Day Creative Project I preach the value of maintaining a daily practice (or multiple daily practices) as the key to living our life purposes and achieving our goals. We do not get our novel written, our business built, or our body in shape if we...
