Who is an artist? Lessons from Nancy Cawdrey and the Gee’s Bend quilters
When I wrote the art book Sky’s the Limit, I spent hours interviewing the gifted artist Nancy Cawdrey. Nancy’s work is extraordinary, and her artistic…
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Art has to be too much or it’s not enough
“Art doesn’t come in measured quantities. It’s got to be too much or it’s not enough.” ~ Pauline Kael “Art doesn’t come in measured quantities….
The sacred practice of creativity: A bridge to Something Greater
Joseph Campbell once said, “The way of the artist and the way of the mystic are very much alike, except the mystic does not have…
Thinking like an artist
The physicist Arthur Zajonc once said that our culture needs the artist’s cognitive capacities. But what is it that poets and artists do that takes…
Be too much: Embrace your big energy
I work with so many clients who have what I call “big energy.” They carry immense passion, ideas, and creative fire, but so often, they…
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