Art Supply House & Custom FramingSuccess is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. ~ Robert Collier I was recently listening to a podcast about the art and history of notetaking. Something in the conversation made me think about bodies of work. Sometimes I think we forget that it takes a long time for a body […]
The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us into something that lasts, giving it a shape. ~ John Berger I was recently listening to a conversation about the Overton Window. That’s a technical political term that is basically a model for how societies change over time and accept previously acceptable […]
You’re supposed to feel overwhelmed. It means you’re learning. … Give your mind time to adjust. ~ Dan Koe I recently read the above quote and thought how true that can be. It can be overwhelming to learn something new – it can feel like the proverbial firehose coming at us. It can also feel like […]
To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it. ~ Osho I was recently chatting […]
Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones. ~ Bruce Garrabrandt I’ve been carrying around a pocket knife and bit of wood so that I can whittle during breaks on the go. If I have a few moments, I can shave off a few slivers and […]
The days can be easy if the years are consistent. You can write a book or get in shape or code a piece of software in 30 minutes per day. But the key is you can’t miss a bunch of days. ~ James Clear I recently ran across the idea that the only superpower known of […]
Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard. ~ John Bytheway I recently read an article about exercising. The author tried a new exercise and found it much easier than anticipated. After reviewing the process, they realized that they weren’t quite doing the exercises properly. A small adjustment, and the exercises […]
Creativity takes courage. ~ Henri Matisse I recently read something that basically said – creating is hard no matter what tools you use. I’m under no illusions that were a mystical device to materialize in front of me that it would remove any of the fundamental barriers to creating that we all deal with every […]
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. ~ Marcus Aurelius As an un-planned follow-up to last week’s email about praising children for what they’ve done in a literal manner, here’s a bit more parenting advice. “Don’t constantly point out when a child is behaving badly,” the advice goes. “Instead, try […]
Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else. ~ Sydney Gurewitz Clemens Some parenting advice I heard talked about praising a child for something they’ve done. In both examples, they kiddo has just finished their latest painting. The first example has you saying, “Oh, what […]