by admin-eric | Jan 16, 2015 | Fine Arts America
Let’s focus on one of the most important self-help strategies you can adopt: strategically deciding to only think thoughts that serve you. This is a different idea from related ideas of cognitive therapy that you may already know. Here the focus isn’t on whether a...
by admin-eric | Jan 8, 2015 | Fine Arts America
Last week I described 12 roles that artists can play in society. This week I’d like to continue that discussion. Most artists never think through how they want to relate to their society or what role they want to adopt as an artist. Rather, they fall rather by...
by admin-eric | Jan 2, 2015 | Fine Arts America
Artists are embedded in society. If we think about how artists have historically viewed themselves as functioning in their society and how they’ve positioned themselves in society, we see many different models. Let’s consider a dozen of these models. As we proceed,...
by admin-eric | Dec 26, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Last week I wrote that artists frequently must deal with chronic illness and chronic pain. Here is a response to that post from one artist, the Australian artist Trudie Moore (www.trudiemoore.com.au): “I read your article with great interest, and was very grateful...
by admin-eric | Dec 19, 2014 | Fine Arts America
I’m regularly surprised by how many of my artist clients (I work as a creativity coach) are suffering from chronic illness or chronic pain. Sometimes it seems as if every client is dealing with a pressing physical issue: back pain, intestinal maladies, arthritis,...
by admin-eric | Dec 12, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Here are three simple suggestions from three creativity coaches to keep you on track with your art-making: “Begin each day with an affirmation. Write your own affirmation or copy one from a piece of literature that inspires you. Make it your practice to read your...
