Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it, frivolous—especially the visual arts, with their connotation of ”the starving artist”...

From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art – a perfect compilation of human imperfections.

I think that most artists scorned would prefer to be known as the one with the genius brain risking no career over the one with the good brain and great career.

The privilege of struggling artists is … the life being buried in what we can’t really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!

If you see me sitting at a dining room table with a clean plate and bowl in front of me, you’ll know it’s because I’m a starving artist. I’m also thirsty, as my cup is...

She would have thought that working and living in continuous happiness, harmony, and security day after day would lead to mental lethargy, that her writing would suffer from too much happiness, that she needed a...