Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures.

The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age.