In the weeks following the roll-out of shelter-in-place mandates toward flattening the curve against COVID-19, the practice of self-care...

The life of an artist and creative can easily become overwrought and inhibited by worry and anxiety that if left unattended, can...

Jazz master and saxophonist, Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” In parallel, an artist’s body could be...

Romantic love can become complex and weighted, when diluted with fear, dysfunction and self-serving motives--causing a considerable...

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” For artists, that metaphor can be extended to the care of the...

Prayer and meditation are both an effective means of navigating worry and negativity in the face of personal challenges and trials on a...

In a Cyber-Monday world where almost anything can be ordered and delivered according to expectation via express shipping, it is a wonder...

I have always loved the concept of the Festivus holiday for its candid catharsis and bizarrely comedic properties. The holiday, as...

The last months of the year are typically accompanied by a time of self-reflection, where the facts of our lives serve as headline copy...

Hip-hop artist and recent Pulitzer Prize honoree, Kendrick Lamar posted a series of vintage, on-the-road video vignettes on Instagram...

Courage is a trait that is mostly associated with the confrontation of fear, injustice and immediate physical danger. But there is a...

A couple of weeks ago, while visiting family in New Orleans, I had an opportunity to visit The Presbytère, a former monastery residence,...

Environment is generally defined as the elements and surrounding space in which one lives. Your principle power as an artist lies in the...

Most artists self-identify by what they do well. For most of my life—if not my entire life, my identity was cemented in my talent as a...

I have so many thoughts about the Whitney Houston documentary and so much anger about the circumstances of her life. The film revealed...

About seven years ago, I found myself falling further into a depression that originated from a growing anger and frustration with a...

I was house-sitting in Burbank for a friend back in 2006 and was charged with watering the front and back lawns and the backyard floral...

I was thinking this morning about what to blog about and the topic of depression came to mind. It is something I've struggled with and...

Some days you just need someone to listen without judgment. In some instances, a good sermon can be just as helpful, when you're...