So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me.

Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to.

When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure.

Once we are willing to accept that anything worth doing might even be worth doing badly, our options widen.

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.