Not painting, but art: the act of doing something that might not work, simply because it’s a generous thing to do. The combination of talent, skill, craft, and point of view that brings new light to old problems. The way we change our culture and ourselves.

“Here, I Made This”

Identity fuels action, and action creates habits, and habits are part of a practice, and a practice is the single best way to get to where you seek to go. Before you are a “bestselling author,” you’re an author, and authors write. Before you are an “acclaimed entrepreneur,” you’re simply someone who is building something.

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Art solves a problem for anyone who touches our work. This is the generous act of turning on a light. Not only does the light help you read, it helps everyone else in the room as well.

Yes, you’re an imposter. But you’re an imposter acting in service of generosity, seeking to make things better.

Creativity is a choice, it’s not a bolt of lightning from somewhere else.

Start where you are. Start now.

To a drowning man, everyone else is a stepping-stone to safety.