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When Your Art Starts Feeling Too Familiar…

I’m in the studio working on a new body of work for an upcoming show, and I noticed something that might sound familiar… Even with 4 to 5 paintings going…

3 ANSWERS THAT STOP FEAR

Artwork by Joel Nakamura. http://www.joelnakamura.com/   Sometimes creating something new is just downright scary. Many people avoid doing things that haven’t been done before. The only problem is that if you are a “creative,” like me, then this is ultimately not really an option. Creatives, plain and simple, make stuff….

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CREATE WHAT YOU DESIRE

Photograph: Armosa Studios.   I just returned from the World Domination Summit held in Portland, Oregon. This is a summit that explores how to create an unconventional life in a conventional world. Its key three core values are community, service and adventure. Many of the participants are entrepreneurs, bloggers and…

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SMALL STEPS

Accomplishing what we want is very challenging. Whether it is a book project, a series of paintings, a new website or any new creative challenge in our life, often the things that seem worth doing are multi-stePPed, unfamiliar and complicated. However one of the primary reasons people don’t achieve what…

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