by Douglas Paul Smith | Feb 18, 2021 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Uncategorized
“Magic lies in the state of mind of the artist. This magic is wakeful magic. The Artist’s mind is able to tune in to a certain balance or wakefulness. We would call it Enlightenment, in fact.” – Chögyam Trungpa Meditation and Creativity For the record, I...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 21, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Another Good Reason to Follow the Creative Urge – Your Health In a recent article in Psychology Today, Cathy Malchiody, PhD, states that there is now sufficient scientific evidence to prove that creativity is a well-being practice. Studies...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 5, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Uncategorized
Inspiration is a complex and beguiling subject. As an Artist for many years, I have attempted to conjure up the timeless muse in innumerable ways, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. For many creative people I know, it seems to come and go when it pleases, and...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 3, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Making a Living as an Artist
To Become, or Not to Become, a Social Media Guru I am tired of seeing people spouting on about how you can sell your art by doing this marketing plan or doing that social media strategy, or making videos of yourself creating your art and posting them online,...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jul 5, 2020 | Advice for Creatives
Our whole civilization is based on the idea that rational knowledge is king. But rational, empirical knowing is only a small part of our human potential. Concepts, by their very nature, are limiting. And so, when we fill our heads with ideas about how things are, we...
