Peak shift
Dear Artist, Nigel Spivey, in his insightful book How Art Made the World, speculates on…
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Fresh drive
Dear Artist, According to productivity gurus, there are two types of motivation; extrinsic and intrinsic,…
Curiouser and curiouser
Dear Artist, This morning I was on the phone with a painter I’d Googled. He…
The end of objecthood
Dear Artist, At the risk of beating a dead digital horse, I need to revisit…
At Mabel’s house
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from Ansel Adams’s room in the beautiful old home of…
OVRs and IRLs
Dear Artist, A survey conducted by artists’ emergency fund Artist’s Relief found that 95% of the…
Problems of the multi-media artist
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Jennifer Foster wrote, “I was recently at an arts professionalism seminar where…
Planners and flailers
Dear Artist, Stephen King, who is 73, says he doesn’t write his ideas down because…
The high-buzz mode
Dear Artist, Back in 1978 Colin Martindale of The University of Maine put some electrodes…
Time to grow
Dear Artist, Jennifer Sparacino of Chilliwack, B.C. wrote, “I have some questions regarding growth as…