I think it’s interesting that Kristina wrote about inspiration yesterday. It certainly plays nicely into the closely related topic of motivation, something that I tend to think about a lot. Personally I don’t think inspiration is magic or that talent gets you anywhere. For me it comes down to the very real, and often very boring job …
“Why?”seems to be the question of the day. We have been asking it here on the blog and have been blessed by a handful of guest posts that answer that question from various view points. I was recently reading Beautiful Lego by Mike Doyle and it is filled with artist essays that directly tackle the question of …
I don’t think there is any skill harder to develop than the ability to stay motivated. No matter what you are doing, taking photographs, building your latest MOC or writing the next great novel, staying motivated is hard. It’s easy to get distracted by day to day obligations, or worse yet just quitting altogether, because …
While you are trying to figure out what European City +Me2 is currently in, I want to distract you with a book recommendation: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles & Ted Orlando. I read this book many years ago and it was helpful when I hit a few creative …
