Multiple intelligences
Dear Artist, In high school I did quite well on IQ tests but was a…
Yearly Archives: 2008
Holiday fun
Dear Artist, For the past while our good friends Gil and Marion Dyck needed a…
Who you know
Dear Artist, Recent studies of more than 5,000 people by social scientists Dr. Nicholas Christakis…
Art as ‘campaign’
Dear Artist, You may not have heard of Carl von Clausewitz. Back in the early…
Second opinion
Dear Artist, Some folks are in the business of helping artists get what they want.…
Channelling negative energy
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Catherine Stock wrote, “I wonder if you have any thoughts about channeling…
Bring on the clones
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Shelley Burke wrote from Chelsea, Quebec: “Recently I’ve been treating myself to…
Thank-you notes
Dear Artist, Recently, Linda Menke of Sarasota, Florida, asked, “Is it expected or appropriate to…
Dynamic painting
Dear Artist, The making of every work of art is a series of fated moves.…
Ten thousand hours
Dear Artist, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, Outliers, has some implications for artists. Like his other…