I love doing series. There are a few themes I just can’t seem to stay away from: lizards, horses, guitar players, mama-and-children, and others I seem to gravitate towards over the years. There’s something about doing them again and again the really pleases me. Not only

My aunt used to tell me repeatedly that I “should go get a ‘real’ job.” But I was passionate and utterly entranced with experimenting with paint, clay and paper, and I persisted in following my heart’s desire, which was and still is creating things of

As an artist who sells work to the public, it’s essential that you think of the marketing of your artwork as a business. Think about the word business – to me, all it means is just busy-ness – what you do in order to keep yourself inspired and curious about life;

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal yipped for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was too old to help himself and he just wasn’t able to retrieve the donkey anyway. He invited all his neighbors to

TRACKABLE TWITTER LINKS? Recently I sent out an email about the freebie coaching sessions. I had a tremendous response to that, but I wondered what would happen if I tweeted it and sent people to a post on my site. So I posted my same email onto my site and then tweeted a shorty link. I

2 RECOMMENDATIONS & AN ‘OOPS’ RATING: 10/10: NEW TWITTER APPLICATION I admit I was one of the ones who said, “Get a life!” when it came to Twitter. But I’m seeing significant results when I use it along with my Facebook page to talk about what’s

RATING: 8/10 – I found a great freebie online scheduler this week. It saved me so much time it was incredible – it would have been a nightmare for me to deal with signing up as many people who wanted my free end-of-the-year coaching sessions this year. If we’d had

If you missed the Eliminate Procrastination teleclass this week, you’ll want the audio we made from it now. Why? Because it was a very powerful call, and as you listen and tap along and do the exercises along with the participants, you can get the same excellent results, too. I

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible. ~ T.E. Lawrence Image: Who Am I?: Oamaru Limestone, New

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible. ~ T.E. Lawrence -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Image:

I like the inspiring quote that Mark Johnson, of Playing for Change, adds to the day: “Behind the storms of daily conflict, crisis and struggle, it is the artist, and the poet and the musician that continues the quiet work of the centuries, building bridges of experience between