365 words and phrases
Dear Artist, All my life I’ve been trying to figure out ways to improve my…
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The artist’s ego
Dear Artist, Recently, Alan Soffer of Wallingford, PA wrote, “I’m currently reading Eckhart Tolle’s A…
Figure drawing
Dear Artist, At one point in his career (1620), Antwerp’s Peter Paul Rubens had 80…
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Dear Artist, Experiments published in 1999 by Cornell University researchers David Dunning and Justin Kruger…
Take a nap
Dear Artist, I’ve always been keen on “don’t rest — run.” Often a quick jog…
A safe place
Dear Artist, Yesterday I was reading Solemate by Lauren Mackler. It’s about being alone and…
Habitual tendencies
Dear Artist, I’m talking about those automatic mannerisms that interfere with our creativity while at…
A new angle
Dear Artist, Workshoppers seem to want critiques, and some instructors insist on them. I’ve always…
Think and do
Dear Artist, After making my way through the “Dick and Jane” readers (“See Spot run!”)…