"An artist is an explorer. He should begin by seeking himself, seeing himself act. Then, not restraining itself. And above all, not being easily satisfied." Henri Matisse

Antony Gormley, Jez Butterworth, Mark Wallinger and other artists, playwrights and leading cultural figures look back on the experiences that inspired them as children and reflect on the dangers of marginalising the arts in schools

For those of you who don't know, I write. I am a writer. There. I said it. I sit at my desk. I open my computer. I open a Word doc. I type words. That is writing. I also happen to write YA. I wanted to do a post on this because of an encounter I had with a person who, I will say it now, seemed to be a very overall nice person. Like, solid, averagely nice person. This person was also an English major at a certain Ivy League school. I'm not going to outright say what bearing I think this has…

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When I decided to travel ten hours away from home on my own to California I had no idea how I was going to afford the entirety of the trip and how I was going to get from San Francisco to San Diego without a driving licence. The one thing I knew was I wanted to do it so I booked a ticket and worked out the rest because I needed to. Suffice to say this was one of the best trips and by overcoming my fear I felt empowered to take on even more in my life. If I had listened to fear I wouldnt of…

Here is a print I signed today for a fellow artist. It's filled with many hidden and not-so-hidden St. Louis references, since I did it many years ago...