Monthly Archives: May 2013

Wild Ideas

Posted on May 30, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

1)       If your art doesn’t stand apart, then it doesn’t stand for anything.  Treat your creative output like a brand.  If your brand (artistic) values are the same as every other artist’s, then there is nothing distinct about your creative … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Strive?

Posted on May 28, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

It’s a funny thing, striving.  We all do it, to one degree or another.  We try hard to become better artists or to improve what we do and how we do it, but why do we do that?  Yes, there … Continue reading →

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When So Many Artists

Posted on May 25, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

When so many artists desperately need studio and gallery space to flourish, why are there any empty High Street retail premises or office buildings? Why are there any homeless people, for that matter? I mean…seriously!

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Unsolved Problems

Posted on May 23, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

Some of the most popular search terms, on my blog, are about how to do something that nobody has ever done before.  One way to begin that task is to choose a problem that hasn’t yet been solved.  If you … Continue reading →

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Surviving or Thriving?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

Surviving is all well and good, if the only other option available to you is perishing.  Survival is the least that you want to achieve.  But it is absolutely the least.  Do you think we were put here to merely … Continue reading →

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Enthusiasm Deficit Disorder

Posted on May 23, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

Straw poll research that I conducted scientifically in the coffee room reveals that few of us are strangers to Enthusiasm Deficit Disorder (EDD).  Don’t panic.  There is a cure.  You can trust me.  I’m a doctor (no I’m not!) The … Continue reading →

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Call the Art Squad

Posted on May 19, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

What do you do, if somebody hurts you in the street?  What if they assault you, or mug you and take all your money, leaving you bruised and battered?  What if they break into your house, ransack it and escape … Continue reading →

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How to Do the Thankless

Posted on May 19, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

You might have taken up art to make a difference.  You might have loved the idea of entertaining and delighting people.  Perhaps you wanted to help people, through your art or give them a new perspective, to see things a … Continue reading →

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If I Had My Life to Live Over

Posted on May 15, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

You sometimes hear people say “if I had my life to live over” I’d do this project or that thing differently.  It’s an expression of regret and also of an unwillingness to take immediate, drastic action.  It is another way … Continue reading →

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The Infinite Dance with Humanity

Posted on May 12, 2013 by tropicaltheartist

We all think about our art in different ways.  Those brought up to believe unquestioningly in market economies and in a culture of the self look at their art in what might be entirely the wrong way.  In this world … Continue reading →

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