What should i paint? Oh! That idea i have had for a while, i will paint that. Wait. No. I don’t want to paint that right now. Oh! I like the way that looks! I will paint that! Wait. No.…
Lost in the bristles
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Why do I create art?
I wonder what compels God to create. Is there a sense of relief when He releases the creation from His mind? Answers I may never know. There are a lot of reason we humans do the things we do. A…
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Fear
“Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.” – Charles Stanley We…
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Did I Just Give Up?
Have you ever noticed how a running back in the NFL has to take a step to the side or run backwards a few yards to avoid a defender in order to make progress down field? Sometimes it results in…
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Drawing on Impatience
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! This had gone on for ten minutes. I could have taken the time and stopped working on my newsletter mailing that was going out in the morning but I chose not to. Instead I let my…
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Are Dreams Worth This?
Have you ever been driven to follow a dream of yours but not had the courage to? Either because you knew what it would cost you or because of the infinite amount of people who don’t have the ability to…
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The Art of Defeating My Self Doubt
Clink,clink,clink. The sound fills your ears and you think, “Man I hope I am buckled in tight.” You reach the top and you look out over the world. Then suddenly you tumble back down to earth. Just to be shot…
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“Don’t Let Me Buy Pumpkins”
A Story About Living For Today. “Don’t let me buy any pumpkins today.” Julie (my girlfriend) said as we were leaving the house heading to a pumpkin festival. Challenge accepted failure a definite. I suck at telling her no whether…
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Art is my Balloon
I was fortunate to be able to spend Sunday with my girlfriend, Julie, her mother and her two year old nephew. We had decided to go to a pumpkin festival for our first fall trip of the year. We ended…
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The Art of Slowing Down
When was the last time you had a “light bulb” moment? I thought I had a pretty good handle on living in the moment. After today, I do believe I was wrong. Even though I’m always striving to get better…
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