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The Dynamics of Sharing Our Creativity

by [email protected] | May 9, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View

Blinders On When I ran the Maniscalco Gallery in Grosse Pointe, I remember more than once, artists coming through the door, head down, arms full of art, mumbling something like, “I don’t want to look at anyone else’s art. That’s how I know that what I’m doing is...

Forever Young

by [email protected] | Feb 5, 2022 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View

The Portrait of Steve Holmes I love the adventure of creating portraits. I always have. Some portraits stand out, not just because they are amazing subjects, fun to paint, but because the story around their creation moves, touches and inspires me. They say you can...

Grosse Pointe News “Our Rivers, Our Lakes”

by [email protected] | Oct 16, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View

See “Thirst”

Zero Sum Game

by [email protected] | Sep 13, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Uncategorized, World View

I say the answer to the above is 10. But my math-wiz-friend, Chuck Greenia, says it’s “kind of a trick. In formal mathematics, multiplication and division are done before addition and subtraction, making the answer -80.” Sheesh! Formal mathematics...

Everyone Must Work

by [email protected] | Jul 26, 2021 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related

I was visited by God* in my dream last night where the story of heaven on earth unfolded before me. The dream made clear that Heaven doesn’t exist in another dimension or another location. Heaven is in the process of manifesting joy and wonderment in our present,...

Self Esteem, Entitlement and White Privilege

by [email protected] | Jun 5, 2021 | Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

The Trap of Self-esteem The self-esteem craze began with the Power of Positive Thinking, years ago. I certainly have written my fair share on the subject. This approach to life has also become known as the Law of Attraction. Basically, the premise is, “if you...

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