Humility: The Path to Creative Affluence.
Some artists aspire to a creative career with ambitions towards achieving a level of affluence that will afford them a luxury lifestyle...
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Jul 4, 20203 min read
Self-Awareness: The Key to Creative Power.
An artist’s awareness of their strengths and shortcomings is critical to the creative process. It is an indicator of the maturity and...
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Jun 14, 20203 min read
Finding Contentment in the Leafing of Creative Purpose.
There are various motives that inform an artist’s hopes and ambitions—one of the most common and primary being financial comfort and...
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Apr 26, 20203 min read
Humility and Emotional IQ: The Keys to Effective Creativity.
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...
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Apr 12, 20203 min read
Art in the Face of Criticism: How to Maintain Focus as an Artist or Creative.
An artist’s mantle can be a difficult undertaking—as the very pursuit of their craft requires vulnerability in the sharing of thoughts,...
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Mar 28, 20203 min read
#KTSE Creativity: How to Maintain Momentum Through the Chaos of Change
The memory of this particular leap year will be framed by great and unexpected loss--heightened by the economic effects of COVID-19 in...
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Mar 21, 20202 min read
How to Maximize Downtime: Perspective for Artists and Creatives.
Isolation is intrinsic to the creative process and journey, as experienced through the haphazardness of business and tour travel, market...
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Mar 15, 20203 min read
Cultivating Courage: The Key to Artistic Growth and Development.
The creative journey requires courage—the courage to believe and remain consistent and committed in the face of personal, professional...
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Feb 2, 20202 min read
The Path to Creative Transfiguration.
Most artists and creatives carry a natural desire and ambition for the spotlight--and in turn to have their work appreciated at scale....
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Mercy and Compassion: The Keys for Creative and Personal Success.
It eventually happens, and when it does, it can be difficult to reconcile the loss. For artists and creatives, there may be no worse...
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Maintaining Creative Confidence in the Face of Criticism.
Although professional and marketplace criticism are unavoidable realities of the creative career, it is easy to become distracted by...
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Sep 28, 20192 min read
Maintaining Artistic Independence in a Creative Career.
The road of an independent artist is often romanticized for its bureaucratic freedoms and creative control, but it is a difficult and...
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Sep 21, 20193 min read
Rejection: A Compass for the Creative Career.
There is a popular saying currently trending within mainstream with roots in church culture: Rejection is a form of redirection. It is a...
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Sep 14, 20193 min read
To Run or Remain: The Path of Creative Development.
The creative path can present a dichotomy of experiences—the thrill of artistic exploration and synchronicity, and the mind-breaking...
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Sep 8, 20192 min read
Salvation Through the Gift of Creativity.
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...
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Sep 1, 20193 min read
The Complex Simplicity of Humility: The Pathway of Creative Growth and Productivity
Sometimes an artist’s creative vision and productivity can become eclipsed by their own hustle and desire to exhibit markers of merit and...
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Aug 24, 20192 min read
The Word of Creativity From Within.
There are numerous qualities and resources that are imperative to successful creativity. In addition to the more commonly recognized...
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Aug 3, 20192 min read
Navigating the In-Between of Creative Evolution.
The life of an artist is naturally shaped and defined by periods of transition, given the metamorphic nature of creativity. During those...
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May 12, 20193 min read
Creative Development Through the Practice of Immersion.
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...
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May 4, 20193 min read
Working the Weight of Circumstance.
Jazz master and saxophonist, Wayne Shorter once stated: “Your humanity is your instrument.” In parallel, an artist’s body could be...
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