Prissy Little Chloe

The literal meaning of Inspiration is ‘breathed upon' Every moment, the brain is by nature forming new associations, continually attaching an everyday x to an unexpected y . All great artists and thinkers are workers; tenacious not only in inventing, but also in ordering, sifting, rejecting, and transforming ideas. Just because something cannot be immediately solved — or simplified to base laws of real-world physics — does not inherently mean it isn’t tangible. When we go beyond the very edge of our knowledge, is where we find art. The Latin verb  cogito  means 'to think' and St. Augustine had observed that the Latin  intelligo  in fact means ‘to select among.’ To have an idea is to generate new combinations and thought patterns, wholly dependent on the ability to see relationships between different elements at work. Finding Your Inspiration  While an idea is being produced, you can become inspired if you temporarily ce...

  A tireless tip, for endless ideas anywhere! Yesterday I was at a Christmas party. While most adults were socializing, I had to get my books ready for their Amazon release. Last step -- my cartoon illustrations. I had everything I needed. My portable Mac Air, my Wacom tablet and dedication! Too bad I left my stylus in my other bag I was thinking of to bringing with me. See, never second-guess yourself. That left me in a rut. But what did I do - something else creative, that would make give my childlike drawings a steadier hand. Okay, that's probably a little dramatic, all I'm saying is that I wrote another book. Mind you "Prissy Little Chloe" is mostly a cartoon per-paragraph, while the other is full a cartoon novel. So I'm really only halfway done. But I wrote it! (I started it in February, so I really only wrote maybe ten pages.) But it's done! Lesson here, when you get frustrated enough you'll find something else to do. No, that...