Imagination
Dear Artist, Over the imagining of the next painting and the next — songs of…
Yearly Archives: 2006
Social influence
Dear Artist, Recent studies of young people in the act of choosing music have shed…
What makes us tick?
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Rita Roberts of Monte Vista, Colorado wrote, “It seems that I have…
The brush-off
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Deborah Ridgley of Cincinnati, Ohio wrote, “I just submitted a body of…
Cues from nature
Dear Artist, No matter what our style, medium or subject matter, our work takes its…
The creative bluff
Dear Artist, It was an above average easel-day yesterday, and my mind turned to thoughts…
Get paid twice?
Dear Artist, Every once in a while I hear from artists who would like a…
Creative addiction
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Carol Ubben of Mt. Morris, Illinois, wrote, “I’ve recently joined a quit…
Creative self-hypnosis
Dear Artist, My last letter, Winging it, brought in literally thousands of confirmations of this…
Winging it
Dear Artist, On Dec. 8, 1903, with government funding, countless advisors and great ballyhoo, Samuel…