An artist’s awareness of their strengths and shortcomings is critical to the creative process. It is an indicator of the maturity and...

There are various motives that inform an artist’s hopes and ambitions—one of the most common and primary being financial comfort and...

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 creative journey is a road that places cyclical demands on the endurance of those who travel it. For most, the ability to meet those...

An artist’s mantle can be a difficult undertaking—as the very pursuit of their craft requires vulnerability in the sharing of thoughts,...

The memory of this particular leap year will be framed by great and unexpected loss--heightened by the economic effects of COVID-19 in...

Isolation is intrinsic to the creative process and journey, as experienced through the haphazardness of business and tour travel, market...

Most artists and creatives carry a natural desire and ambition for the spotlight--and in turn to have their work appreciated at scale....

Although professional and marketplace criticism are unavoidable realities of the creative career, it is easy to become distracted by...

The gift of creativity, in its various forms, is an attribute of the Creator that serves as a sanctuary and salvation for many artists—a...

Sometimes an artist’s creative vision and productivity can become eclipsed by their own hustle and desire to exhibit markers of merit and...

There are numerous qualities and resources that are imperative to successful creativity. In addition to the more commonly recognized...

The life of an artist is naturally shaped and defined by periods of transition, given the metamorphic nature of creativity. During those...

At the outset of an artist’s initial baptism into their calling, there is a honeymoon phase, in which passion comes easily. In order to...

Life imitates Art, and Art imitates Life. It is a familiar saying derived from the original quote within Oscar Wilde’s essay, “The Decay...

Art in and of itself is a form of communication--an extrapolation of the thought-life of an artist that metabolizes into different forms...

Tenacity is an essential quality for artists, and is often contextually oversimplified and solely attributed to the experience of...

The experiences of an artist converge over time with their talent to shape and inform their creative voice—as seen throughout the work of...

At the beginning of your career, as an artist, there is an abundance of hope that talent and perseverance will prevail, and shortly...

As artists and creatives, we all want to be thought of as autonomous and in control of our talent and the inherent power in its...