Speaking of Speaking

A number of times since beginning to exhibit my artwork in 2012 I’ve spoken to groups of viewers about my work – artist’s talks; Q & A’s; phone, email, and camera interviews; podcasts; radio shows; studio visits; a student documentary,...

Finally Facing My Waterloo

Ok, so I’ll admit it: I have a bad habit. My wife, Nan, knows, and when I’m indulging in it, she leaves the room. My kids know, and either shame me relentlessly or avoid the subject altogether. Times we were all together in a car, say, on a road...

How To Create

Yesterday’s post ended with a link to a video of John Cleese’s excellent speech regarding how to create the optimal conditions for creativity to thrive. In it, he talks about two mental processes, the “open mode” and the “closed...

Why Create?

Why create?Stick with me here, but I think it overlays why some walk toward, rather than away, from difficulty. From risk. From epic adventure.George Herbert Leigh Mallory was asked a similar question, and his response is nearly as well known as his inherently epic...

Epic Desire

The actor Rutger Hauer passed away recently. On that day, I pulled up a YouTube video of his monologue, as the dying replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner movie (not an epic but, probably because of Vangelis’ evocative score, a...