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

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

Career silence can be an intimidating prospect for artists and creatives weathering high levels of success or relative obscurity. As with...

The road of an independent artist is often romanticized for its bureaucratic freedoms and creative control, but it is a difficult and...

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

The collective use of light and darkness within an artist’s palette adds depth and clarity to an artist’s vision through the use of color...

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

Inevitably, as the first week of January passes, it becomes evident that vision boards and inspirational mantras will only go so far in...

The week before the New Year ushers in a Judgment Day of its own with the passing of another year. Questions arise in the overview of our...

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...

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...

The importance of mindset has become a key talking point within startup and pop culture—the power of which is rarely ever fully explored...

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

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...