“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” We hear this phrase so often that its meaning can be lost. If you’ve never experienced running an actual marathon (26.2 miles) with your own two feet, then it becomes even more difficult to comprehend. But truth is constant: running a marathon is hard. It doesn’t happen instantly and… Continue reading Marathon Metaphor Still Works
Tag: mental state
Rethinking My Relationship with Instagram
I have an Instagram problem. And it’s been messing me up. Silly! I know! How could I let a social media app cause such turmoil? Let me explain. A few weeks ago, for no apparent reason at all, Instagram stopped allowing me to post Reels. For the uninitiated, “Reels” are videos, TikTok copy cat videos… Continue reading Rethinking My Relationship with Instagram
My Inner Voice Is A Dick
You suck. You’re a loser. I hate you. These are just some of the frequent messages I hear from the voice inside my head. Sometimes this voice becomes so incessant and so grinding that the pronouns switch and before I know it I’m repeating: I suck. I’m a loser. I hate myself. My point in… Continue reading My Inner Voice Is A Dick
Inspired, Part 2
Last week, I dove into some initial takeaways from the book entitled The Creative Act: A Way of Being by the legendary music producer, Rick Rubin. My focus for Part 1 was understanding where artists find inspiration for their works. Of course, there doesn’t always have to be inspiration. A lot of times, great art… Continue reading Inspired, Part 2
Inspired, Part 1
I recently read Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being and it is such a bounty of useful information — for artists and non-artists alike — that I am going to be referring back to it over the next few blog posts. The book is different in that it is a collection of… Continue reading Inspired, Part 1
Just Hold On
I was two hours into manning the booth at my very first art fair — the Greater Conroe Art Festival in Conroe, Texas — and though I hadn’t sold anything yet I was still confident that potential collectors were out there somewhere. The conversations I was having with people as they passed through gave me… Continue reading Just Hold On
The Jury Is Out
In the last few days I have received good news that my artwork has been accepted into TWO juried shows for the spring! Yee haw! Participating in a juried art show is new territory for me so I am looking forward to being fully present for the experience. If “juried art show” is an unfamiliar… Continue reading The Jury Is Out
Hang In There
This blog post is a reminder to myself as much as it is a message to you. Hang. In. There. Just hang in there, man. As I go through yet another stage of what I assume is a mid-life crisis, I have to constantly talk myself out of listening to the vitriolic, self-loathing voice in… Continue reading Hang In There
Religion of the Mind
Growing up a Star Wars fanatic, I became obsessed with the idea of “the Force” at an early age. The idea that there exists a mystical energy field that controls my destiny was one that I felt compelled to explore. So when I later discovered Daoism and its promise of absolute principle underlying the entire… Continue reading Religion of the Mind
On Contemplating Death
We Westerners don’t have a very good relationship with death. We avoid talking about it. Children are shielded from it. Lots of folks try to pretend it doesn’t even happen. And then it does. And we’re left devastated. The cycle of life has uprooted me several times over the years, and I am always left… Continue reading On Contemplating Death