Paul had a problem with time. Ellen had a problem with Paul having a problem with time.

Could you use a nice revenue stream to supplement your art income?

A good question loosens them just enough for another possibility to become visible.

“I know exactly what I should be doing,” she said. “I just can't make myself do it.”

Being an artist is not simply a matter of making art. It is a way of organizing a life around something uncertain, demanding, deeply personal, and often poorly supported by the surrounding culture.

It requires patience, judgment, restraint, courage, and a willingness to remain present in uncertainty.

Something about the architecture of Laura's life was becoming visible.

Given that it was never easy to be an artist or to succeed as an artist, and given that AI and world circumstances are not going to make that any easier, what is an artist to do?

The presenting problem is an entrance, not the destination.

“Nobody needs me anymore.”

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Wisdom doesn’t produce pronouncements, it produces better attention, better questions, and better conversations.

“I feel as if there’s a right life for me,” she said, “and I’m going to miss it.”

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Human beings don't specialize.

I don’t want to do this anymore.

Here are ten tips that emphasize products that are inexpensive to produce, easy to understand, and genuinely connected your work as an artist

Part of wisdom is knowing what sort of help a situation requires and recognizing the limits of one's own role.

You don’t want to obsess about your neighbor’s untidy lawn, but you certainly do want to obsess about your own creative ideas.

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