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What is the Service Art Provides?
In what sense is art-making service? If you give a person a drink of water, when they ingest it, there are immediate, real-world results. If you offer a hungry person bread, when they eat it, their bodies replenish and become … Continue reading
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An Artist’s Prayer
Dear God, You make, I make. You make me to make. What am I to make today? What are You making today, and what is the plan for how our making? In every small corner of every large nation, … Continue reading
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“Do the Work” by Steven Pressfield
What is it about people who speak with “authority” that can be so inspirational? (Who does that make you think of?) Almost two years ago, I wrote a blog post about the metaphor of war as it related to … Continue reading
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Mediated Mania: The Artist’s Energy
I’m riffing on a chapter in Eric Maisel’s book Coaching the Artist Within, wondering what you think. I want to invite you to comment upfront on how you generate the energy and capacity to see a work through to its … Continue reading
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