Tag: process

  • Let It Go

    Since I started taking painting more seriously at the beginning of last year I have felt a creeping anxiety about taking my art to the next level. Not necessarily skill-wise, though there is that too, but more in the “become a professional artist” sort of a way. All signs (books, articles, blog posts, videos, etc)…

  • The Nature of Creativity and Originality in Art

    I often worry that I’m not very creative. I don’t really come up with out of the box ideas or with anything genuinely novel. I do like making things that are artistic though, which colloquially falls under the “creative person” umbrella. But I don’t think I really do anything new or unique. The thing that…

  • Keep Going

    The kids have been needing me a lot more in the evenings and throughout the night lately, which has left me with no time or energy to work on my creative pursuits. In looking at my thorough documenting of my writing every day, I decided to come up with a system to keep track of…