I was consulting with a client, Michael, recently and he made this comment... "Gary, I've been applying the Smart Art Marketing Pro principles to my life and business for the last year or so, and now I have a very odd problem. I don't know what to do with all…
Did you ever go on a treasure hunt when you were a child, or read Poe's "The Gold Bug"? Then you know the first thing you have to do before you can find the treasure is find the map. It may be hidden, it may be torn in half, or…
"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." -Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) It's been estimated by psychologists that during the course of a normal day the human brain will produce around 60,000 thoughts. And…
Do you want to know the most inspirational art blogs? Okay, so you want to be inspired? You want to feel something don't you? You want to feel it in your bones? Then you must read these 5 inspirational art blogs that I have written. If you don't know what…
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. ~Zachary Scott To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions. ~William James…
Did you know that there are 7 deadly sins of artists? Are you committing one or more of the 7 deadly sins of artists and don't even know it? If you are an artist, the bad news is you have millions of competitors. The good news is most of them…
America is facing some of its greatest challenges ever. The America that we have today is much different from the America that I knew as a boy. I think that one of the biggest problems facing Americans today is that we've become a very fickle people. If the wind blows this way, we go this…
Someone once told me that beauty only comes by grace. So it came to be that I stood with my sister in the presence of grace in the form of beauty, in the form of art, in the form of paintings that hung in long hallways that echoed as we spoke.…
Do you need to boost creativity? Have you ever been in a creative slump? Writers, of course, call this writer's block. But painters and artists of all kinds can find themselves in a creative void, needing to boost creativity. How many times have you stood in front of a blank…
