Art Supply House & Custom FramingThere is nothing like drawing to see. Likewise, there is nothing like writing in order to understand. ~ SoHyun Bae I’ve been blogging since at least 2009 (and writing longer than that). It’s fascinating to go back and read old posts and rediscover things about myself. Those posts show what I as thinking about, who my […]
Ego is the enemy of what you want and of what you have: Of mastering a craft. Of real creative insight. Of working well with others. Of building loyalty and support. Of longevity. Of repeating and retaining your success. It repulses advantages and opportunities. It’s a magnet for enemies and errors.~ Ryan Holiday We all […]
Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.~ Salvador Dali This really resonated with me when I read it and I thought I’d share. “the concept of perfection is arguably more ideally and healthily thought of as a verb not an adjective. It’s a process, a journey, and it’s through the continued, conscious act […]
To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.~ Andri Cauldwell Did you know that Ansel Adams shot almost as many color photographs as black-and-white? He shot in color almost as long as he did in black and white (over thirty-five […]
Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.~ Rebecca Solnit I recently read this and thought it was worth sharing: During my training, a supervisor once told me, “There’s something likable […]
It’s not things that upset us, it’s our judgement about things.~ Epictetus I recently heard an author speak about everyone having two selves. He called them the connective and protective selves. The connective self wants to build connection with others. The protective self has been hurt and tries to shield the connective self from further […]
A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.~ Kevin Kelly Last week I talked about refilling one’s creative well – about making the time to seek out inspiration via reading, looking at other art, going on walks in nature, or participating in other acts of self-care. These acts serve to refill the […]
The Process:1) Decide what you want to achieve.2) Try different ways of achieving it until you find one that works for you.3) Do more of what works. Do less of what doesn’t.4) Don’t stop doing it until it stops working.5) Repeat.~ James Clear I once rode my bicycle across the state of Iowa over 5 […]
Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.~ Eleanor Brownn It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day routine. I don’t know about you, but my todo list only seems to grow longer – there are two tasks added for every item that I complete. Sometimes I have to sneak in […]
As for me, I’m a transplant. I moved here from Australia. After the initial novelty wore off, that of being in England, it assumed a sort of shrugging familiarity — the usual shops, takeaways, a downbeat seafront, rough around the edges but with not-too-inconvenient access to Gatwick and Heathrow and flights to more interesting places.But […]