All change can be expansive in potential. The choice is ours.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.

At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.

I learned to just show up at the page and write down what I heard. Writing became more like eavesdropping and less like inventing a nuclear bomb.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.