"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in service to my vision, it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."...

"The secret of the creative life is often to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We are paid to take risks, to look silly. Some...

“Don’t be afraid of yourself when you write. Don’t check-rein yourself. If you are afraid of being sentimental, say, for heaven’s sake be as...

"Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be, stop you. Go on anyway. Everything ...

"An artist must have downtime, time to do nothing. Defending our right to such time takes courage, conviction, and resiliency. Such t...

"From the age of six to fourteen I took violin lessons but had no luck with my teachers, for whom music did not transcend mechanical ...

     “Why should we all use our creative power and write or paint or play music, or whatever it tells us to do?                             ...

“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful, but it is mo...

“The more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”   -Vincent Van Gogh Emerald E...

“But if they all tell you it is bad and you still think in your soul that what you wrote was good—if you find that you still believe what y...

As part of our new series of staff posts, in addition to my Facebook group moderation posts on the 5th of each month, I will also be posting...