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“Art doesn’t have to be contemporary to feel contemporary.” -Jacqueline Stewart, Chief Artistic & Programming Officer, Academy Museum Consider that Anton Chekhov wrote this in 1897 (from his play “Uncle Vanya”)… You can stoke your stoves with peat and build your barns of stone. Well, all right, cut wood when you need to, but whyContinue reading “Contemporary Takes Care Of Itself”

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.” -Gloria Steinem “Be the change you that you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Ghandi “Waste no more time arguing what a good [person] should be. Be one.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Not…”If only someone would justContinue reading “Be One”

If you don’t have a passion project right now, that’s perfectly okay. You haven’t found it yet, or it’s not the right time. But if you know someone who’s attempting theirs, do whatever you can to help them out. Support their efforts as best you can. They could use it. You’re doing a good thing.Continue reading “Go Help Them Make Their Art”

“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.” -Dale Carnegie “May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constantContinue reading “Emotional, Not Logical”

“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring every minute of every day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore, sculptor “And when Alexander saw the breadth of hisContinue reading “Seek Out What You Can’t Do”

“If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” -Chinese Proverb Help me if you can, I’m feeling downAnd I do appreciate you being ’roundHelp meContinue reading “Help…But Don’t Hide”

“An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.” -Michael Chekhov For the actor…(I love the Chekhov quote above) Strive to be filled and still. Another way of putting it is to feel deeply but conceal greatly. Some examples that come to mind…this and this and this.

“You must set your hands to tasks which you can finish or at least hope to finish, and avoid those which get bigger as you proceed and do not cease where you had intended.” -Seneca, On The Shortness Of Life “If the first thing you do in the morning is to eat the frog, thenContinue reading “Completion”

You can be gifted, but not talented. Huh? Hear me out… Gifted means you have a natural proclivity for something.  It’s something you’re born with. You’re tall, strong, good at math, you can jump high, run fast, play an instrument perfectly for the first time, draw, paint, sing like a lark, etc…You didn’t do anythingContinue reading “Gifted Vs. Talented”

I might be wrong, I might be wrongI could have sworn I saw a light coming onI used to think, I used to thinkThere was no future left at allI used to think Open up, begin again -Radiohead, “I Might Be Wrong” “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformedContinue reading “Metanoia”