Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.

Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself.

Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage.

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

My heart holds the world in tender awe.

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