See below posts by the artist on the creative process! Approximately one post will be made every week.
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Making Decisions
Many outdoor art show applications in Toronto are all around this time of year. It is a bit unusual from my perspective because they are at varied times in the year anyways – why would they be all at March? And why all at the first or second week of March? I received a few…
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The Myth about Suffering Artists
There is a myth about how artists make their best work when they are dysfunctional or suffering. It’s a vicious and dangerous concept to imagine artists are those that stay up late at night, or are suffering, and from there they produce their best work. Indeed, there is good work that comes from a transformation…
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Still around
Hadn’t felt well this afternoon, so I had to rest up a bit more. Reminded of my own piece I made some time ago which I’ve made as a cover.
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How to rest
I listened from the book The Sleep Solution by Chris Winter this idea about how rest is also good for you even if you can’t sleep. That helped me reduce my worries about what exactly to do when you wake up in the middle of the night. Soon after that, I actually fell asleep. So…
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Priority setting
While I’ve been asked a few times (which is more of a comment every time I’m asked) “How do you find the time to do this?”, I actually am not sure. My simple answer is “in the wee hours of the morning” when I wake up and cannot go to sleep. But I do squeeze…
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A story about slowing down: Waiting for Ackee
As I was rushing to the You Do You Leslie Grove Gallery exhibit to get there for the 6 PM start time opening, I realized I had not eaten anything and would be starving by the time I arrived at the gallery. I could literally be a starving artist. I stopped by the KASPACE café,…