It is a widely known phenomenon that creativity is a valuable therapy tool. Unfortunately for anxious creatives, that pesky anxiety also...

“Memory is like music, melancholy, yet deeply uplifting.” -Patti Smith I may have an unhealthy obsession with nostalgia. I like talking...

“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” Piet Mondrian “The position of the artist is humble. He is...

I think that oftentimes we tend to believe the world around us is one that runs somewhat smoothly for most, save a few twists and turns...

Why should you read Jane Austen? A hundred thousand million things have been written gushing over her works, and a few about why you...

In Julia Cameron’s book The Artist Way, she talks about naming your goals. Over and over again, she assigns exercises where the creative...

by James N. Gibson For the longest time I dreaded this question. I may be sitting in a park or a café and be doodling on a notebook,...

It strikes me as odd whenever I hear a person say something like, “I’m really not much of a creative person.” I hear it most frequently...

I recently made some difficult career choices. I resigned from not one, but two jobs, both of which I had worked for the past five years....

It’s hard to believe that Coffee and Creatives is entering its fourth season. It felt like just yesterday Anna and I were sitting on the...

The docent at the bookbinder’s shop in Colonial Williamsburg asked us to guess the most common book historically we thought might be...

Summer is here. This means that every weekend I consider grabbing my book, getting on the Q train, riding it to the edge of the...

One of my favorite colors is Prussian Blue, and I wonder if it was one of Hokusai’s too. I hadn’t noticed the Prussian Blue in his prints...

Becoming a playwright was never on my radar, but you know how that goes. I am a writer. I’ve spent my career in newspapers as a reporter,...

"There is one peculiarity which real works of art possess in common. At each fresh reading one notices some change in them, as if the sap...

I love Frida Kahlo. Anyone who’s been to my house knows this (or seen me in my favorite t-shirt). Kahlo is a controversial character....

On Mondays, I teach art. I love instructing painting and drawing and breaking complex artistic ideas down so that they are able to be...

On our Coffee & Creatives podcast, we talk a lot about the importance of community to art. Artists need other artists to spark ideas and...

I love to cook. I love to make something of nothing, and then eat it. More so, I love to make something from nothing and have other...

I have always loved the idea of “doing my part” to “save the earth” and prevent further waste. But sometimes the problem just seems so...