Straightforward advice
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Carolyn H. WarmSun of Montclair, California asked, “Do you ever do telephone…
Author clearmarble
The decline of ‘flow’
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Katarina Vlasic dropped by to show me a carload of 12″ x…
A fireball artist
Dear Artist, Cory Trepanier of Caledon, Ontario, Canada is an example of an artist who…
When do ideas happen?
Dear Artist, Recent research, aimed at finding specific triggers that result in good ideas, better…
The alchemy of art
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Jane Angell of Guildford, Surrey, UK wrote, “Painting seems so mysterious, like…
Pied beauty
Dear Artist, After my Spinoza letter last week, a number of readers wrote directly –…
Spinoza and me
Dear Artist, You might wonder what a 17th century Dutch-Jewish philosopher has to do with…
The downside of isolation
Dear Artist, A fellow I know, whose name will go unmentioned here because he doesn’t…
The root of passion
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Dick Quis, co-author of Thinking Anew, wrote, “In the middle of my…
The arrival of the MOOCs
Dear Artist, MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. Respectable institutions like Harvard, Stanford and…