Blogs

Finding and Forming Communities

June 19, 2021

Communities are important for people who live inside their heads. Many artists – particularly writers, painters, sculptors, woodworkers, and the like – mostly work solo. What we do is inside of our heads – and the product of that are the articles, books, paintings, statuary, and various other creations we produce. When you largely work on your own, it’s easy to get lonely and feel like nobody understands you. Let’s face it – everyone is

Never Neglect Your Workspace

June 15, 2021

Workspace maintenance is important. I have yet to meet an artist who doesn’t have at least some clutter in their workspace. Some of them are necessary tools. Cooks have pots, pans, and utensils lying around; artists have scattered brushes, paints, solvents, and canvases; writers have notes, inspirational baubles, and the like around their desks. Sure, there are exceptions to this. But I know, at least in my experience, when I am super-focused on my work,

Artist is Risky Business

June 12, 2021

Choosing to be a professional artist has some unique challenges. All my career choices have been artistic. In one form or another, I was bound to be a professional artist. I am in no way bragging here – but I have a few different artistic talents and skills. It started with writing. At age 9, I wrote my first complete sci-fi book. It was 50 pages and illustrated. Next came music. I love to sing.

The Pace You Set is the Right Pace

June 8, 2021

The speed you do your work at is the pace that’s right for you. For a long time, apart from regular blogs, my writing pace was nigh on glacial. Granted, there were fits of intense writing where I went multiple days at a time creating my work. But then they’d be followed by days, weeks, even months of no fiction writing at all. At the time, apart from my blogs, I was a hobbyist writer.

Breaking Down Sci-fi and Sci-fantasy

June 5, 2021

Sci-fi and sci-fantasy share many things – but differ in key ways. At nearly 5 years old, in May of 1977, my parents took me to see a movie that would shape my life in a lot of different ways. The opening theme boomed, the famous text crawl scrolled up, and then a ship came flying in – blasting away at a bigger ship in pursuit. I am, by no stretch of the imagination, the

Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Not Working

June 1, 2021

Our mindset, when it comes to working, is terribly skewed. I set a goal for myself to write a minimum of one blog post/article and 1500 words of fiction a day, six days a week. Because of a strict, self-imposed deadline – and, frankly, endless topics to choose from – I never miss the blog. Since I tend to allow myself a day off on the weekend, my Monday blog is written either Saturday or

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The Philosophy of the Titanium Don

I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.

Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).

Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).