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“Being an artist means to be continually asking, “How can it be better? Whatever it is. It may be your art and it may be your life. Most who choose the artist’s path don’t have a choice. We feel compelled to engage, as if by some primal instinct, the same force that calls turtles towardContinue reading “Art From Your Heart”

“My life has slipped away, like water through my fingers… I’ve worked all my life, and for what?” -Voinitsky in Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov “In contrast to what I saw happening in my own circle, where the whole of life is spent in idleness, amusement and dissatisfaction with life, I saw that these peopleContinue reading “Dissatisfaction Can Be A Gift”

“The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.” -Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture A useful exercise to think about and perhaps do… If you were going to give a Ted Talk and you had no more than 20 minutes (maybe it’sContinue reading ““Advice To Your Younger Self””

“If the thought of lack–whether it be money, recognition or love–has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, alll you see is lack. Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance.Continue reading “Nothing Lacking”

“It’s easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time…Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of “just this once.” -Clayton M. Christensen, book How Will You Measure Your Life “It takes 20 years toContinue reading ““Just This Once.””

“What does it take to realize you’re good at something? We hope we’re good…but when the crowd doesn’t cheer loud enough we begin to wonder. We think we’re good…but then we get envious of the person doing a similar thing. We start to believe we’re good…but we don’t get the right pats on the backContinue reading “Your Finished Product”

“Many people are trying to take beauty out of the world. Artists keep trying to put it back in.” -Gareth Williams “Beauty will save the world.” -Dostoevsky “There is, however, a certain peculiarity in the essence of beauty, a peculiarity in the status of art: namely, the convincingness of a true work of art isContinue reading “Put Beauty Back In The World”

“Freddie, love, why does anyone do anything? […] The wellsprings of human action are deep and cloudy.” -Lloyd to Frederick in the play Noises Off by Michael Frayn “When all around it strife and uncertainty, there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned plate of…(holding up plates of sardines) Curtain!” -Selsdon in Noises Off Tears of joyContinue reading “Tears of Joy and Laughter”

“One of the things I always thought was the secret of The Beatles was that our music was self-taught. We were never consciously thinking of what we were doing. Anything we did came naturally. A breathtaking chord change wouldn’t happen because we knew how that chord related to another chord. We weren’t able to readContinue reading “Full Vs. Half Baked”

Feel scared…and do it anyway. Feel shy…and do it anyway. Feel inadequate…and do it anyway. Feel imperfect…and do it anyway. Feel tired…and do it anyway. Feel fraudulent…and do it anyway. Feel intimidated..and do it anyway Feel rushed…and do it anyway. Feel hungry…and do it anyway. Feel lazy…and do it anyway. Feel sucky…and do it anyway.Continue reading “FeelingDoing”