“No point in complaining because no one listens anyway.” –goes the old saying. True, who likes to listen to complaints? We all know someone who…
Picasso once said he spent his entire life learning to paint like a child. When I first heard this, I admit, I did not get…
The desire to create can strike at any age. A person’s inclination to be creative is more likely to be inhibited by confidence, skills, or…
Life sometimes can interfere with creative pursuits. Artists, writers, and other creatives who began their careers early and stuck with it, clearly had the belief…
Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn’t. This is my favourite movie quote of all time. It lends itself to a variety of circumstances….
Annulments could be considered erasures for a marital mistakes. Golf has it’s ‘mulligans’. Baseball and hockey have their video reviews. We’ve all had times in…
Reunions. School, work, or whatever the case, reunions mean a chance to revisit who you once were. A blogger friend of mine who was attending…
My characters in Contentment is for Cows are mash ups of people whose quirks and tendencies inspired my imagination. I’ve exploited those characteristics for my…
What’s the difference? An inspiration can come from anywhere or anything. Inspiration provides the impetus, or motivation to create. Inspiration is that feeling, “I’ve got…
Keith Richards says he is not a songwriter but an “antenna.” As an example, the inspiration for Gimme Shelter came as he was watching people…