Art Supply House & Custom FramingIf 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 […]
Life is more fun if you play games. ~ Roald Dahl I was recently chatting with a customer in the store about playing with art supplies. He picks up materials to play with during breaks at work and during down-time at home. His co-workers comment on the fact that there is “room for improvement.” He […]
The goal of adulthood is to let go of the other possible existences and to make the best of the one. A successful adult is one who understands that it doesn’t matter which life you ultimately pick, only that you live it well.~ Chris Ballas In last week’s email, I mentioned that I have a […]
It’s only an adventure if you’re uncomfortable.~ Ashley French-Holt While I college, I purchased a motorcycle as transportation – and have kept it ever since. There are years when I ride more, and others when I ride less. With the recent warmer weather (and mechanical problems on my vehicle), I have been commuting on the […]
When you’re starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that’s gone before and the stuff that’s influenced you, and you reach the ladle of your imagination into this bubbling stew pot of all of this stuff, and you pour it out. And that’s where you start from.As time goes on, […]
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.~ Anaïs Nin It was painting that finally helped Churchill slow down and learn how to see. He had been so busy, so ambitious, that he had not cultivated the eye or the discipline to slow down and look at the world around him, at […]
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.~ E.E. Cummings It can be hard to just be yourself. There is always another expectation placed upon you, another […]