“Dreams will come true. Prepare to be amazed. Feel the joy when you daydream. Take baby steps in the dark. Every single day physically do something about your dreams. And most important, saunter.”

Saying that a current band of pre-tweens is the “best new punk band” is a bit like asserting that the “best new Impressionist painter” is an American. It’s neither here nor there because there are no new Impressionist painters…

“Practice imperfection – Read a little of Anne Lamott. Wait. Read a lot. Often, stuck = fear of imperfection.”

“Derain didn’t claim that no one had repainted the same subject matters, but that no one would risk trying to imitate Velásquez’s style (because it was so refined that you’d fail.)”

DC Artist Prudence Bonds discusses the good and bad of being a self taught artist.

Cindy Coldiron writes about her new public art commission, and some of the concerns specific to working with recycled glass.

Cheryl Palonis Adams explains Laban Movement Analysis so that you can understand it, and aren’t bored.

Last week Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 – September 14, 1927) would have celebrated her 138th birthday.