“It is not length of life, but depth of life.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson We could spend our time welcoming both a long and deep life. I look forward to having both. We don’t have to do this thing where we have to pick between two extremes. We can just live. If we want depth, weContinue reading “Why Not Both”
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Writers, A Question
“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.” -Joseph Joubert I’m not sure the emotion is easily transferred. I’ll have to ask my readers about that. Yes, grammar feedback, but how did it make you feel? I forget to ask that when I requestContinue reading “Writers, A Question”
Art Will Lead You By the Hand
“Don’t be an art critic, but paint, there lies salvation.” – Paul Cézanne It’s interesting because my first thought after reading this is: but we need art critics. That’s not the point here. Gaining feedback as an artist is imperative. I’m sure someone as skilled as Cezanne respects those who helped him perfect his art.Continue reading “Art Will Lead You By the Hand”
Living Out Loud
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”― Émile Zola There it is! The good word for today. I’m not always loud, but I do my best to live that way. As writers, we get to live as loudContinue reading “Living Out Loud”
Art is a Way
“Art is not a thing; it is a way.” -Elbert Hubbard This is very true for me. Regardless of how far I run, it finds me. It would pull me from beneath the bed by my ankles if I didn’t write every day. I love writing. I love that it’s my way of life. IContinue reading “Art is a Way”
Art Writing and Soul
“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” -Leo Tolstoy Art is how we process what we experienced. Those who do the work of the soul, connect deeply to art and can explain way. Those who don’t are given the tools to express what they feel. Either way,Continue reading “Art Writing and Soul”
Lost and Found
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton If art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves, I can’t help but think of how life would be if we treated it as a work of art. I don’t know that we ever truly lose ourselves, but continuingContinue reading “Lost and Found”
The Writer and The Reader
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas I love the idea that we the reader and I are working together throughout this entire thing. For years, I’ve been quite the solitary person just writing and working on my craft. Universal themes, which make for good writing, require youContinue reading “The Writer and The Reader”
Words and Art
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw You’re supposed to be writing. The longer I write and the more I read about art and their own mediums, the more freedom I gain with words as my art. Every book aboutContinue reading “Words and Art”
Your Self-Expression is Sacred
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -Carl Jung I’m going to stop apologizing for my self-expression. It’s time for me to hold it as sacred. And so now I’ve been trying to think about how I can talk aboutContinue reading “Your Self-Expression is Sacred”
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