Impostor Syndrome is often described like a monster. Confidence is often described as something that could be missing or that one must find somewhere...that is, if you don’t get attacked by the ImpostorMonster first. Yet what if we thought about these in a different way?

Whether we want to admit it or not, envy is not unfamiliar to most artists. Whether you make a living from your art through sales, commissions, grants, prizes or you simply want your art to be seen and appreciated by others, you likely make art in contexts of comparison with other artists.

I return to the idea of feedback -- and its twin sister accountability — as it relates to our creative work and process.

There are a lot of creative people who have trouble declining requests. And we are darn tired. How can we improve the art of saying no?

If our situation imposes limitations on our artistic practice, how can we adapt to those limitations and keep our expectations realistic? This is where we can be most creative.

On our personal journeys as creative people, we sometimes lose sight of our core beliefs about why we do what we do. With a lifetime of jobs, relationships, achievements, mistakes, joys, disappointments, gains, losses, observations, and mostly mundane moments behind us, we rarely take the time -- or the courage -- to reflect in the way that we might have when we were coming of age. There is sometimes raw and audacious truth uttered in youth.

Just as with our bodies, our minds need to be stretched and toned. When you are creatively stuck, this can be akin to the slump you may feel when you are not moving your body as much as you should. Explore some tips that can help you break through your creative slumps

This is just the time when we need to be at our most resilient and our most creative. Yet what is happening with the worldwide COVID-19 epidemic has made that a challenge for many. I wanted to share a few thoughts on how to be resilient in these strange times.

You are a failure. Even if those are painful words to read, it is quite likely that they or some variation of them have crossed your mind at some point.

Whether it’s the start of a new year or a big transitional date such as a birthday, we have a tendency to focus on resolutions. What is it we want to change for the future?