Art2Life

- Making art has always been a part of my life. Even as a little kid, the act of creation played an integral role in how I moved through the world. However, I remember many years where I didn't like the work I was creating. Sometimes I would hit it,...

Is there a general path to success when it comes to our art? I’ve come to embrace that success is determined by how we grow and evolve as artists. On this episode, I’ll dive into what that looks like, the role each side of our brain plays in the...

- The process of art-making is one of waking up. I believe this is its big draw for so many of us. Making art provides a way to feel more alive and this is made evident in our improving art. We are all in different stages of awareness, of course. The...

- So much of our art and creativity comes from the unknown. From the soul. We don’t always know how, or even why, but remarkably it all seems to make sense years later. However, what if there was a way to gain access to your innate wisdom in the...

- Unlike most people, artists have this driving passion for never staying the same in their art. Even if what they make is tremendous or popular, they soon change. I freaking LOVE this about artists. I have it in me too. And even though I’m not...

- On a typical day when I get frustrated with the progress in my art, I try to remember that it's always better to measure progress over many days. Or months. Or better yet, years. Struggle is always a part of art-making. What also helps me is...

- What do we need in our lives to persevere on our creative path? How do we keep going, and is it ever okay to stop? In the grand scheme of things, how crucial is our art anyway? We might not ask these questions under normal circumstances. But when...

- I don’t know about you, but I feel pretty distracted in my art practice. The news of Ukraine, mass suffering, and loss of innocent lives is heartbreaking. The specter of COVID remains in our daily reports and challenges us still. As artists, we...

- There is one attribute all thriving creatives I meet have in common. It has everything to do with their "come from", a term I learned from my work with human development coach Scott Picard. It highlights where one’s art and inspiration are...

- One of the hallmarks of artists that have found tremendous momentum is that they have incorporated their art into not just one, but many aspects of their life. Momentum has a particular look when we start. Our art can be just an idea or simply a...