I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.

A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.