Give in to the wind?
Dear Artist, This morning Ray Johnson wrote, “My first job was doing charcoal portraits on…
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The Long Tail
Dear Artist, In 1847, Karl Marx wrote that working for wages would be superseded by…
Declining sight
Dear Artist, There’s a wealth of creative info to be had in the life and…
Book launch
Dear Artist, For months we’ve been anxiously preparing, editing and proofing. Then suddenly, “beep, beep,…
Delicate mentoring
Dear Artist, Several recent emails have talked about mentoring. There are different approaches and I’ve…
Operant conditioning
Dear Artist, In case you haven’t heard, “operant conditioning” is the use of consequences to…
Nom de brush
Dear Artist, On Sunday Elaine Caulton wrote, “I have tried to find out what the…
Getting to ‘must’
Dear Artist, Psychologist Abraham Maslow has written, “A musician must make music, an artist must…
Ambiguity
Dear Artist, Think about ambiguity in your art. To be ambiguous means to give double…
Covering up your sins
Dear Artist, After my recent letter about canvas, re-stretching, etc., there were lots of follow-ups…