What’s the difference? An inspiration can come from anywhere or anything. Inspiration provides the impetus, or motivation to create. Inspiration is that feeling, “I’ve got…
Keith Richards says he is not a songwriter but an ‘antenna’. As an example, the inspiration for ‘Gimme Shelter’ came as he was watching people…
“Fake it ’til you make it.” is a common saying in the business world. It’s not referring to deliberately engaging in fraudulent activity. It’s about…
“Athleticism is the ability to think of nothing when you need to.” This is apparently a Ted Williams quote, although my Google search skills could…
A number of years ago I attended a presentation on personal change and growth. The presenter asked for a volunteer from the audience, specifically someone…
Comics, comic strips, and the funny pages, in my humble opinion, play an important role in our lives. In recent years, comic strips have been…
In regards to creating the content for Contentment is for Cows, shortcuts have become important to me. The pages I am working on today will…
Why do people create things? Why do we make music, paintings, gardens, woodturnings, and write novels and comics and blogs, and anything else you can…
This week’s topic is Graphic Novels! Before I continue, let me say that the community of graphic artists and illustrators would like to reclaim ownership…
Pittsburgh is home to the Andy Warhol Museum, http://www.warhol.org. I recently spent an afternoon touring the museum and learned a thing or two. I thought…