The Focus Nook

Positive Momentum Grows

I spend a lot of time considering what to do next. If it’s in the morning while I’m working out, I’m thinking about what painting I want to work on and how I want to make it happen. There is a growing freedom, however, in the ways that I find myself working. It’s been a…

“You die the way you live.”

I think it is amazing, how we connect our childhood lives to our adult lives. I’ve been listening to Steve Burn’s podcast, you know, the Blue’s Clues guy? And he has a lot of guidance still. I think it’s funny that in a way the man who taught me my shapes is teaching me about…

Labor/Art

I always find it fun to equate parts of life to equations. It is not a meaningful exercise until it gets to the point of thoughtful interaction and abstract connection of ideas. There is a very common theme I noticed, in Grad School, in which artist from the rust belt, we all want to talk…