That even though I strive to create and be creative, I have to balance this with decades of capitalist conditioning. I have to be cognizant of my motivation when I’m working in and on my business. Am I desperately grabbing at financial opportunities because I’m worried I won’t get my piece of the pie, that someone else will snag it and I’ll miss

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We all must ask ourselves what it is we want to do with our time on this planet. Do you want to make something beautiful and true and unique to you? Or do you want to make something formulaic, trend-chasing, and interchangeable because “the market” is says the ROI might be better? You can choose to compete with books written by committee and... See more

I am not terribly optimistic about the state of the world. I do not think the people with power and wealth are working to improve our lives. In the realm of art, I think they are trying to drown us in their flood of garbage until we are hollowed out automatons with no function left but to consume “content.” Yet isn’t that all the more reason to... See more