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Study the processes and methods of those who are better at it than you... there's someone who knows something you don't, who has honed a skill more than you have. Rival your rival.

Sara Genn

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Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman.
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Every task is given equal importance - that way I can pick and choose my tasks based on the ebb and flow of my creative metabolism.
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Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.
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You are responsible for radicalizing your strengths.
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Remember the importance of phrases... a piece of something, an entry, a moment, a mark. This adjusts the pressure of the giant task of creating the perfect masterwork.
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In modern times we are often encouraged to protect our ego-force and individuality by securing a private world in which to develop our unique artistic voice. Many artists find themselves solo-paddling along a private and unchallenging river... Could rivalry be a productive system?
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Could rivalry be a productive system?
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I value the momentum of making the list and the drive to tick. Sometimes I add stuff I've already accomplished so I can get going on my feelings of accomplishment.
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Why can't we all just acknowledge that 'nature' - that is, 'sex' or 'erotic' images, which are really just 'attracters' are everywhere. Of course a flower looks like what it looks like - that's what it is - to a bee.
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Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.
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Stretch your goals... In other words, think big and think far off.
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Half of the pleasure of painting and feeling the joy of the creative act is sharing it with others and the feeling of connection. It could just be the colour. But it is something that someone other than you has seen and felt. It is momentous. It is magic.
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Scientists tracking mirror neurons noticed that a monkey will get excited not just when holding a banana, but also when seeing someone else holding a banana.
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Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
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Tear-stained flops are necessary. They're the gift you give yourself when you're willing to fly.
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Make a searching and fearless inventory of your creative curiosity.
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Be artistic, choose taste, set an example.
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The strategy of keeping the studio close, like an outbuilding five paces from the house, or in the loft next door, or with the studio on one end and the bed on the other - makes art always available.
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If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural.
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You are responsible for understanding your limitations.
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