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These days, if you happen to be a poet you have to sing your words to get your ideas out.

Sara Genn

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Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.
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Refreshing failures roll off the travel easel like ants from a picnic blanket.
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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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Things we do regularly become buried with habits, and we lose the ability to extract their powers to inspire.
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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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Art is a perfectly complete cause.
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Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.
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Read in order to write, but paint in order to paint.
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Painters tend to ignore the challenges and thrills that sculptors enjoy daily - volume... like the perfect, imperfect voluminous oval of the egg.
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Make a searching and fearless inventory of your creative curiosity.
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Pay no attention to the less courageous.
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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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Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work.
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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 understanding your limitations.
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Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine.
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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.
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