Some call the journey I’m on “decluttering” or “downsizing.” I call it “reducing the content footprint of my home studio.” Everything in...

In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...

https://www.autodraw.com/ Just go with it.

So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...

Junk mail collage art: Gina Greenlee Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the...

No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...

Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.

Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative game that traces its roots to the 1920s Parisian Surrealist Movement. Usually played by several...

“[The residual purpose of art is] purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmaton of life – not an attempt to bring order out of...

“Screaming… …squatting… …running… …all those three things you should do every day.” Lynda Barry ◊ ◊ ◊ Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously

Motor scooters have been my preferred mode of transport in India, Bali, French Polynesia, Vietnam and the Caribbean. It’s one of my...

Years ago I attended Boston’s Open Studio Weekend. At the time, I was living in an artist colony in Hartford, Connecticut. This was a...

Prolific without Pain: Chillax Into Your Best Writing Ever Joyful writing doesn’t come from sitting erect at a computer for hours or in a...

Try something you’ve resisted because you didn’t want to “make a fool” of yourself. Yeah, that thing. The local comedy club in my town...