Art Supply House & Custom FramingCould a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant? ~ Henry David Thoreau It’s easy to get caught up in daily life – routines, chores, tasks. It’s easy to see the same people on a daily basis and assume they’re just like us, and that we’re […]
Your singular perspective may patch some small hole in the vast tattered fabric of humanity.~ Ryder Carroll Have you ever been excited about something and just had to share it? Whether by speaking, creating something to represent, or another form of communication? Self-expression is a fundamental human need. Self-expression is as vital to our survival […]
Art makes the world a better place. ~ Art Supply House In a past life, I lived in a city that had an art walk every two months. It was a great way to get out, visit with people, see art, and watch others seeing art. Those bimonthly events were conveniently timed to not be […]
So you’re a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!~ Mandy Hale You are one of a kind, with unique talents, quirks, and gifts (I think I’m mostly quirks). You were not born to blend in and be one of the herd. To […]
You cannot spend the day in deliberation. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Of course the artist thinks things through. Sometimes we debate every mark before making it. Question, examine, weight the options. Explore potential new avenues. At a certain point, this virtue (like all others) can become a vice. Sometimes we have to stop researching new […]
What action can you take today that will contribute to something you will be proud of in 10 years?~ James Clear In last week’s email I mentioned the importance of timing, of remembering that both projects and stages of life have a cycle they have to move through. I ran across the quote above recently, […]
If I’m writing my book … that means on some level I believe in a future where this book could exist.~ R. O. Kwon I’ve got a friend who’s going through a rough patch – all their family moved away, it looks like their job is being downsized, they’re struggling financially, and the future is […]
Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”~ from Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises. All at once, it seems. Isn’t it funny how my days seem to go? My todo list feels empty of time-sensitive items, until they suddenly appear all at once. I’m busy all day long, yet when I think […]
Sometimes a good solution will look like minimalism, sometimes it will look like maximalism, and sometimes it will be elsewhere within the spectrum of possibilities.~ Steve Pavlina I have inherited and collected quite a few tools. My garage has a rack of nothing but pliers. I often think there are too many and that I […]
Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy.Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder.Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder. Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder.Easy has a cost.~ James Clear There’s a (poor) joke about what it’s like to be […]