My art journey and insights #1

Water-Lilies-and-Japanese-Bridge-(1897-1899)-by Claude Monet

I have decided to offer up some insights and ideas about my leap of faith into the world of creating visual art. I have long enjoyed visual imagery, but never really connected it with the notion of creating it myself. This year is my first foray into this world. Maelstrom of ideas and feelings So … Read more

Blogging is depressing

I hate to say it. But my efforts to be a success have made me more miserable. The more I learn about blogging, the less I want to do. So much advice constantly leaves me feeling that I’m just not that good, that I’m not trying hard enough. What is with bloggers who blog about … Read more

Is finding a niche possible for all of us?

Concept of businessman choosing the right door

As an artist or creative, are you having trouble finding your niche? If so, then you, you are not alone. I have read a lot in the blog-o-sphere about finding your niche ever since I started blogging, and the same is true of my art. This mythical place called, ‘Niche’, in the creative and business … Read more

The Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen Illustration

While you can come up with many ideas about what problems befall modern society, Ignorance, sin, arrogance, and pride, I feel some have been left out. I call these maladies the horsemen, after the Horsemen of the Apocalypse from scripture. In scripture, they were Conquest, War, Famine and Death. Today it’s different, at least in the … Read more