The Banksy Down the Hall
A visit to the many art wonders of the Carlton Arms Hotel, New York
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Bird by bird and stroke by stroke
Anne Lamott’s latest book, Almost Everything, is a great delight, as most of her books are. She has a chapter on writing, which she says…
Creative Demand
“A creative person must convince the field.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. Another open studio? Another First Friday? Really? My…
3 Tips on how to keep an illustrated travel sketchbook on the road, even if you “can’t draw”
In 2014, I decided I wanted to walk the Camino de Santiago and keep a travel journal. Only problem was, I disliked sketching. I knew…
A History of Home
[About Lascaux cave paintings, Paleolithic inspiration, and my abstract painting process.] Once in a while we are lucky enough to create a painting that somehow…
Getting high, creatively speaking
I’m reading a book about getting high without drugs or alcohol. Ironic, because I live in the heartland of hedonistic, exquisite, gourmet highs, sipped, smoked,…
