Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance - often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

Life is what we make of it. Whether we conceive of an inner god force or an other, outer God, doesn't matter. Relying on that force does.

In dance, in composition, in sculpture, the experience is the same: we are more the conduit than the creator of what we express.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing you invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing you must invent.