Sometimes an artist's vision may get blurred when subjected to a committee because an artwork is usually an expression of something unconscious that is better left in the realm of one person's unconscious if it is to speak to another person's unconscious.

Sometimes an artist's vision may get blurred when subjected to a committee because an artwork is usually an expression of something unconscious that is better left in the realm of one person's unconscious if it is to speak to another person's unconscious.

It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work.

If we are not using our brains' capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle.

Our emotional map is laid down mainly in relationship with our earliest caregiver in the first couple of years of life.

If we think of our brains as a map, those early roads are like grooves, tram tracks, easy to fall into.

If someone is depressed they tend to retreat within the inner circle of their comfort zone which in the longer term, may contribute to exacerbating a problem rather than soothing it and if not seeking to expand the comfort zone becomes the norm.