Nature and Nurture
“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”—Émile Zola
Sifting Through the Madness
A Conversation With Michael J. Phillips, Founder and Editor of Bukowski.net
Jay Walker’s Library
of Human Imagination
Priceline founder Jay Walker's collection of books and artifacts chronicles historic achievements, inspires future creativity.
A Cast of Colorful Characters
A Conversation With Kristen Sullivan, aka Holly The Terrible, Expressing Emotions Through Vivid Personalities
Long Live The Dead
He's Gone, but the Music Never Stopped, as the latest incarnation of the Grateful Dead reminded its followers at the start of a two-month tour in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Easter Sunday.
‘Mystical Artist’ Paints
from the Soul, for the Soul
A Conversation With Michelle Oravitz, Translating a World Beyond the Senses
Freeing the Spirits
Escaping a book lover's purgatory, living and writing again in a room full of muses.
Rejecting Rejection
Rejection is not defeat, not failure—just part of, however painful and unpleasant, the process.
Signs of the (Green) Times
Once Destined for the Dump, Street and Traffic Signs in Disrepair Upcycled by Savannah Artists
Master of the Three Ws
A Conversation With Marcelo Daldoce, Celebrating Women, Wine and Words on Canvas
Force of Nature
A Conversation With Composer Alexandra du Bois, Rendering the World's Chaos, Beauty Into Sonic Storms
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Boy, ain’t that the truth.
Or, put another way by Zola, “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
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