I often dream of being a successful writer. But often I ignore the writer part and focus on the successful part. What is it about success that draws us all in? It certainly isn’t the celebrity, at least for me. I’m notoriously shy. If you sit down to talk with me, within moments, I will… Continue reading Shift Your Wishes
Month: July 2020
Don’t Overseason Your Art
Continuing along the lines of cooking as a metaphor to making art, it’s important not to clutter your creativity with a proliferation of details, platitudes and those little darlings you think you can’t live without. Let me step deeply into this metaphor by talking about an Alton Brown recipe I recently tried (Yes, I’m one… Continue reading Don’t Overseason Your Art
A Recipe for the Creative Process
Below is a metaphorical recipe for going from initial idea to finished concept (any similarity to a real cooking recipe is purely coincidental). My apologies to those non-carnivores out there. Imagine a nice portobello mushroom steak and maybe cauliflower mash. I’m just going with I know how to cook. Tim
