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Much Ado About… Something

March 13, 2011

Saying something but not really saying anything at all. Have I lost you already? Bear with me.

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Fear Of Abandoment

January 13, 2011

“Fear is the true name for what ails the blocked artist. It may be fear of failure or fear of success. Most frequently, it is fear of abandonment.”

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Moving Beyond ‘The Talent Quest’

November 15, 2010
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At some point you have to stop obsessing over things and just make a mark.

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Telling Secrets

April 13, 2010

My art practice involves too many secrets. Things I don’t want to share with anyone, things I don’t even want to admit to myself. Even bringing myself to admit that I wanted to paint in the first instance took over a year. It’s one of the greatest ironies of my existence that while anyone who knows my name can throw it into a search engine and see everything I create and share online I am incredibly guarded with people I know in (quote-unquote) ‘real life.’

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Enemies of Creativity

June 9, 2009

The last week was a bit of a bust for me. Besides a couple of articles for Somebody Think Of The Children, I didn’t really write at all.

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The Blank Page

May 18, 2009

While the technology has changed, the ‘frightening, disheartening’ prospect has not.

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