Your life is finite, and you should make your art. Things will get in the way and you should still make your art. Return to your art, over and over again. You will find clarity and answers as you feed this vital part of yourself. As you build and maintain a consistent practice, you will find the other parts of living a modern life seem more managea

Often, the solution is to take contrary action. This means that you are afraid to do something, but you choose to do it anyway.

Joanne Cacciatore. Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief. Wisdom Publications. 2017.

you are in relationship to the artists who have come before you. Whether you know it or not, you come from long lines of artists connected through identity, politics, location, experience, aesthetic, movement, and materials.

Do a quick online search for “feelings list” and you’ll find a variety of them.

Our capacity to grieve is connected to our capacity to love.

My favorite plan for dealing with fear is something I’ve heard floating around 12-step programs and various therapies for years: the three As, which are awareness, acceptance, and action. This is the specific order.

What if there is no wrong thing, just the next thing?

Naming is important for understanding,