There is something an artist does bravely, without asking and without being told. There is no instruction manual on how to do this thing right or how to ensure it is “successful” by the world’s standards. And yet just doing this one thing is reason enough for an artist to call himself a success. It is […]

We have to do more. Right? I mean, what we’ve done isn’t enough. Right? Because we’re still lost and confused and aren’t exactly sure what we’re doing or should do next (quite possibly it’s chocolate, though, whatever the fuck it is). On some existential level (and to sort of box up our random idiotic cravings […]

The light is dim. The candles are dancing for each other and all is quiet. You are the only person in the room. But you’re not alone. Because you can’t break the filthy habit you don’t know you have. You can’t stop the insanity if you don’t know how it started. I’m on the other […]

Some of what I talk about in this final podcast episode for the year was hard to say.  Hard to admit and yet at the same time, hard to hold in. People don’t talk about some of this stuff and I think that’s a mistake. We need to be real in order to be love. […]

I recorded this podcast with the deepest reverence for all of us who dare to engage fully with our creativity in this life. Hands down, there is nothing else like it. I believe our creativity, our art, is the truest expression of our soul’s desire to offer love and light to the world. That who we are […]

People often ask me why I study and practice the metaphysical teachings of A Course In Miracles and the answer is quite undramatically, unimpressively, unassumingly simple:  It works. By that I mean: it gets me to the peace. I truly believe that this is the single most important measure of a working spiritual practice. Is it […]

Click to hear me read this post:   Sometimes I wonder if ‪creating ‎art is more about asking questions than telling stories. Can I look at this another way? How does this change when you . . . ? Do you see what I see? What if we . . . ? In a way, it takes some […]

Click to hear me read this post:   Come on, baby, brush it off, let it go. Don’t stop now, love, you will figure this out. You’ve got this, kiddo, keep going. That’s some legit advice right there, no? Up against the casual panic of our wild ego minds, this stuff sounds good to hear; […]

Click to hear me read this post:   You would think an artistic success would be a good thing, right? You would think that to be celebrated for your great work and your creative elegance would be just the very thing you need to keep you going. It would be sparkled and engaging and open you […]

Click to hear me read this post:   You put yourself in front of them and you forgot your lines. Who do you think you are? How could you do this to us? What gives you the right to put yourself in front of us?  This is why we worry about taking the stage. We […]