“I was cultivating stupidity.” That’s what Andre Dubus III said when he wrote his first memoir, Townie. The son of a prominent short story writer, Dubus had met success as a novelist, the least of his successes being that The…
When working on multiple projects, at least one key difference exists between those creatives and business artists who flounder and those who flourish.
Their ability to learn to discern.
We turned toward art as kids because we could not not create. But we also turned to art for our own defenses. It quieted the yelling downstairs. It salved the confusion of being an outsider when we didn’t have the…
The Idea The idea started to congeal this past summer: In the past few years, I had offered a creative work flow series, an author’s mentorship program that sold out, and a live author’s intensive that sold out – all…
You know what? The executives, artists, business artists, designers, best-selling authors, thought leaders, scholars, and other creatives who have flourished do not have charmed, care-free lives.
To be a brave artist or business artist means you challenge the World of Buzz and deliver a different kind of medicine than the white noise being broadcast.
My four-month-old girl gawked at my gesticulating form from across the study. From her jungle-motif seat, she watched my hands as they whipped hieroglyphs – words and arrows and grids – on my new white board wall adhered to the…
Note: Around once a month, I pledge to break blog decorum and essay = attempt to say something; a trial; an artful testing out on foot. The essay more than any other writing form is the amorphous form of the writer’s…
Whoosh. You’ve returned from a creative retreat that cracked open your heart or a writing intensive that launched your spirit or a business retreat that clarified your vision. Boom. You return home and to the office. Your spouse reminds you…
Note: High summer seems an ideal time to hang low, retreat from the bright spotlight, and practice the art of Productive Loafing. Productive Loafing is the intentional act of retreating from “doing” and from public engagement. It can come in many…
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