Breaking Through

Imagine! You’re an instrument (non musical), like a pen or a pencil, that can move at it’s own will. Being the pencil that you are, you love to write! So you write and write and write all day long. Move around on the page. But you’re constantly making boxes. Small boxes, big boxes. You find yourself moving around on the page in perpendicular lines. It’s not that you can’t make circles, you just find yourself making squares all the time. One day the paper says hey, hey... Read More

Pimp My Training: The MFA Stories

Chapter One: Wiling Out My stomach dropped at the sight of the ten digits.  I blinked hard twice to get my vision straight.  My heart rate was jacked.  The sweat glands under my arms heated up and my pupils dilated.  I pulled focus on the LED screen again.  Six-one-nine.  Six-one-nine.  A shit-eating grin erupted on my face.  Two months ago the area code wouldn’t have meant anything to me.  But, in mid-March when they said they would be making their decisions, a missed... Read More

Can’t Knock the Hustle

(For real) So you worked hard, blood, sweat, tears to get an agent.  Mailings after mailings.  Knocking on doors.  Showcase after showcase.  Friend recommend after friend recommend.  Just someone to rep you and send you out into this jungle.  And you catch that muthafuckin’ person.  And you breath a huge sigh of relief.  You tell your friends the good news.  You celebrate.  You get sent out.  A few times.  A lot.  You start working on your craft and leaving... Read More

Staying Inspired

CLICK BELOW TO TURN OFF MUSIC Starting as a collection of tips and hints from different artists and authors, The Artist’s Way was collected into a single book and published by Julia Cameron as a set of helpful methods for maximizing the creativity and productivity of artists.  Read More

Mimic

Remember seeing Michael Jordan play ball?  Or the acrobats in Cirque de Soleil?  The true capacity of the human body exposed.  Countless hours of fine tuning until finally… perfection. So we give you something fun for Friday.  Aries Spears, a human mimic. …Yeah. And he’s free-styling. Now play it one more time, close your eyes, and just listen. …Yeah. See you Monday… -TV, Bitch!  Read More