Put In & Get Out
The other night my friend and fellow artist Raul Pacheco (of Ozomatli fame) played…
The Shin Bone Is Connected To All
Network. Make connections. Hand out cards. Meet people. Talk. Follow up. Blah, blah, blah. Oy! It's enough to make you want to go work for somebody else, take their guff…
Refining Your Craft
As a professional image-maker I work at my craft several times a week. This is the easiest way for me to bring value to the marketplace. The photograph above would…
Press Coverage & Book Sales
As some of you know, I have a new show opening this Saturday and running the entire month of October. Today I hung the show (yes it's well hung), and…
Network, Market & Sell. Oh My!
I attended Craig Duswalt's Rock Star Marketing Bootcamp last week. I committed to attending the entire bootcamp; from Wednesday nights' free seminar through Sunday afternoons' finale. My butt got a…
You Don’t Get What You Don’t Ask For
Before you get all over me for the poor grammar of the title, let me explain. I'm excited because of what happened this evening. I attended a lecture at the…
Exciting Things Are Happening Again!
Two former students are producing a promotional video for me and I will post it on my youtube channel ASAP. I just completed a two-hour Photoshop workshop for a new…
Rituals and Balance
Soon after graduating from Art Center, I imagined how I wanted to work; I'm at home gardening, working on my house or making something in my shop and the phone…
Nobody Loves You Like Your Mother And Sometimes Not Even Her
Take care of yourself. As much as possible take care of your emotional, spiritual and physical health. I know you've heard this before: exercise, eat well, rest, find something that…
The Money Train & Allocating Cash Flow
It occurred to me that I haven't written about how I manage cash flow generated from assignment work. So here it is... Beginning in 1988, I attach a small piece…