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The Time a Monkey Stole My Art Show (and why I’m glad it did)
Ever make something you poured your heart into… and someone completely misses the point? I used to sit with that—wondering if anyone would really see what I saw. Then one…
How to Stay More Positive in Your Art Practice
Sometimes we wish for something to happen, but when it finally does, we can feel, oddly, let down. I was reminded of this the other day when I ran into an artist friend who had recently sold several paintings from a new series of work she had developed over the…
The Simple Business Plan to Sell Your Art
How do you work with the pull between selling and ignoring the art market entirely? This is an interesting question posed last week by one of my readers. I used to spend a great deal of time struggling with this issue. I know how supremely wonderful it feels to sell…
How Your Art Practice can Help You Live Fully
Pema Chodrun speaks and teaches extensively on Buddhism and becoming more conscious in our lives. She teaches that in order to live fully we should try to “experience each moment as completely new and fresh.” This teaching resonates with me. I see this idea, however, as more easily accomplished in…
