Trust your child
Dear Artist, While waiting for my annual mammogram yesterday, I thumbed through a back issue…
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Death of an artist
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Jamillah Ausby of Brooklyn, New York wrote, “My husband, the abstract artist…
Persistence of wonder
Dear Artist, The making of art can be divided into three main camps: Subject driven,…
Solving problems
Dear Artist, According to decades-long research, there are two types of problem-solving. “Fluid intelligence” is…
Nothing much here right now
Dear Artist, I always thought it was just my problem. Every time anyone — friend,…
Addressing boo-boos
Dear Artist, I apologize for the confusion I caused by illustrating Tuesday’s letter with the compositional…
Painting without sight
Dear Artist, Recently there has been a bit of excitement around the painter Esref Armagan.…
Count you in
Dear Artist, While examining the perfectly assembled nest of a song sparrow yesterday, my hiking…
The Matthew Effect
Dear Artist, “The Matthew Effect” in economics was named after the verse in Matthew in…