Embracing Creativity

Importance of Solitude Most creatives understand the importance of solitude for creative output. The classic concept of “a room of one’s own” in order to put pencil to paper, paint to canvas, etc. The production of art often requires getting away from the distractions of daily life and putting in…

This December I’ve been running down a large James Baldwin rabbit hole. I’m not sure where it came from, his work can envoke some serious emotions. When I found myself a bit overloaded I turned to the book Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs. Still heavy, but different. As I read the…

Virginia Woolf told us that we needed a room of our own, and Hemingway showed that such a room could be a Paris Café. I live on a small sailboat that roams between Maine and Florida each year with the changing seasons. While I do have my own bunk it’s…

These past few years have been difficult. I’ve started and abandoned more creative projects than I’d like to admit, and I’ve dreamed up even more ideas that died before I ever sat down at my desk. That there though has been the problem. Generic desk and studio avoidance. The avoidance…