That day, I stepped up to the next rung on a tall ladder. Finding that elusive quiet voice within takes determination and will. This doesn t mean that, today, I ignore an editor s comments on my sketches -quite the opposite. It just means that I m not personally destroyed by them. I live for those moments when there before me is an image that is right.
Inspiration is better than any drug.
Whether it s a fine art painting or a book for children, real art happens when you are free of thought and opinion. We have so many choices and too many distractions in the land of the free and the home of the brave. It s hard to do creative work, sometimes. Keeping a well-tuned imagination involves figuring out what keeps the flow going. For me, I need to have some solitude every day.