This past year has been a bit of a vortex for my life goals. On the one hand, a major life goal was met - I had my first kid. On the...

I present to you - a letter I wrote to myself! May it have something of value for you, also. Hey, I know that sometimes it seems like...

“You're just jealous of me because I'm a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian!” So goes the old adage by Carmelita Spats,...

I came across an article recently about what to expect when you're planning on being a full time, professional, old-school musician. I...

Speaking from my own artist’s journey, something that often comes up is the struggle to feel like art is actually important. Especially...

When we last left our hero, he had overcome the besetting ways of comparison, thief of joy that it is. He had set out to take up his...

We’ve met a hobbit that represents the inner artist. We’ve seen that fear is an ever present companion. We’ve seen our hobbit leverage...

We return to our hobbit protagonist, Jack, who is still early on in his journey. He knows it’s early on; he knows he can’t be expected to...

You may be wondering how our hobbit, Jack, began his journey in the first place. After all, aren’t hobbits usually happiest at home? As...

We return to our friend and metaphorical representation, the hobbit. As you may recall last time, he’s guiding his inner artist along to...

Some friends of ours have joined us in reading through a book called 'The Artist's Way'. Maybe you've seen the Instagram quotes from this...

Right now, ‘tis the season for turkey and tamales - or we hope so, anyways. That’s right, folks, this year is the first time ever that...

If you've never seen 'The Labyrinth', featuring David Bowie (plus his feature-length soundtrack), a young Jennifer Connelly and Jim...

...And feeling a little afraid. 'What have I gotten myself into?', I keep asking myself. What crazy son of a gun decides to write 100...

A recent Harry Potter-themed friend hangout got me thinking. (As it would anyone, right?) My friends asked me what's going on with our...

We’re stepping out into our first recording foray as a band. Do the words ‘easier said than done’ come to mind? Well, they should. First...