Surround yourself with a support system that wants to see you succeed—Monet was blessed to be surrounded by a group of artists who didn’t see him as competition, but as an inspiration that contributed to the whole. . .

The gold is in the dark… As in loneliness has a bad wrap in our culture, like it is something we should avoid at all costs, but there is treasure in our loneliness. If you can really sit in your loneliness, really be WITH IT, not only will it pass, but it is one of those spaces that . . .