Wisdom Wednesdays are usually quotes from others that I’ve found inspiring through the years. However, I just came across some writings of mine written in 1997 and in 1995 that I wanted to share. This is the third of those, written in 1997: My Block I’m just finishing a painting of the trees in my […]
Roommates
Wisdom Wednesdays are usually quotes from others that I’ve found inspiring through the years. However, I just came across some writings of mine written in 1997 and in 1995 that I wanted to share. This is the second of those, written in 1997: Roommates Sam’s my roommate. Sort of. She lives in the apartment I […]
Bill Loyd’s Sign for Tooley’s Trees
My friend, Bill Loyd, (see previous post The Farmer’s Mantra) goes to scrap yards looking for inspiration and he finds it in cast off items most of us would overlook. He found just such a piece in an antique tank car “head” from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway at Capitol Scrap in Santa […]
Can You Follow Your Heart?
I just watched a movie from Netflix that was unexpectedly inspiring called Morning Glory. In it a young woman was facing obstacles in pursuing her dream. Her mother told her that, at her age, continuing to believe had become an embarrassment. She continued anyway and, through it all, she found a way to be kind. […]
Starting Over
Wisdom Wednesdays are usually quotes from others that I’ve found inspiring through the years. However, I just came across some writings of mine written in 1997 and in 1995 that I wanted to share. This is the first of those, written in 1997. I titled it Starting Over: On March 8th, 1996 I almost died. […]
How the Blog Was Born
Adam Wimsatt had a dream. He wanted to develop a successful blog, but he’s built with a brain for math and science. Writing has been a struggle and after a few failed attempts at starting his own blog he realized he needed someone else to do the writing while he concentrated on the technology. That’s […]
How To Sell Your Art
As most of you know by now, in all things regarding art, I have some specific beliefs about most of its topics, and this holds true for the issue of selling our art. I realize I’m a bit old-fashioned surrounding this topic, so bear that in mind and know these are just my ideas, not […]