Good Karma
Dear Artist, Good karma is a creative tool. By contrast, bad karma can interfere with…
Yearly Archives: 2002
Sign shop
Dear Artist, As my daughter, Sara, and Richard Thompson are getting married on Friday my…
Let’s get physical
Dear Artist, It’s easy for some of us to forget to put our whole bodies…
Blue Moose
Dear Artist, Ted Harrison is well known for his colourful and childlike paintings of the…
Unresolved tension
Dear Artist, It’s good to know there’s a difference of opinion. A little while ago…
Love made visible
Dear Artist, In the last letter I wrote about our tools for artistic growth. Letters…
Pick up your tool
Dear Artist, A friend of a friend phoned this morning and said, “Don’t waste my…
Raising creative kids
Dear Artist, In the art of parenting we all begin as amateurs. By the time…
Daughter and Father
My daughter, Sara, was thirteen when she walked into my studio and announced she was going…
External validation
Dear Artist, An artist who wishes anonymity asks, “What of artists who get hooked on…