On Art

How to Find That Sweet, Sweet Creative Inspiration

25 filmmakers, authors, and comic book writers from around the globe weigh in about how they conjure the ideas, passion, and drive that fuels their…

Mar 26 •

To Be or Not to Be: 'Ophelia' and (More) Tension of Becoming

A brief examination of John Evert Millais’s iconic 'Hamlet'-inspired painting

Mar 4 •

We're All Made of Horrible, Beautiful Scars

Australian rocker Nick Cave, Native American activist/poet John Trudell, and a 14th-century Japanese shogun have thoughts about how to put ourselves…

Jan 20 •

How To Survive The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life Of An Artist

Twenty-five filmmakers, authors, and comic book writers from around the globe weigh in about how they endure the self-doubt and grueling anxieties of…

Jan 16 •

All Art Is Autobiography Made Flesh

Whether you like it or not, you’re going to have to make yourself part of every story you tell

Jan 13 •

Be Like Bowie…or Die Trying

The rock star’s amorphous identity reveals a creative disdain for complacency, providing a rare rule all artists — from musicians, to authors, to…

Dec 19, 2023 •

The Danger All Artists Face When They Leave Their Audiences Behind

Many don’t like to be challenged by ‘art’, but that doesn’t mean they should be dismissed when you create your own art

Dec 7, 2023 •

Let's Talk Turkey: There's Value in What We Create

Some Thanksgiving gratitudes, putting a price tag on art, and what's to come

Nov 22, 2023 •

THE FABELMANS Is Much More Than Steven Spielberg’s 'Most Personal Film'

On the film's first anniversary, let's examine the deeper conversation the director is having with cinema, artistic expression, and even his own oeuvre

Nov 16, 2023 •

Q&A with Matt Fraction: The Comic Book and TV Writer on What He's Learned from Letting Go as an Artist

The 'MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS' co-creator discusses the virtue of crazy ideas, chasing right angles, and the boozy hotel bar debate that changed his…

Nov 11, 2023 •

The Church of John Wayne’s Star-Spangled Wang

The cowboy, the maverick, the vigilante — America has paid a high price for its hero-worship of the system-defying loner

Nov 9, 2023 •

A Rare Phenomenon: When Recording the Artistic Process Becomes Art Itself

What about when one artist attempts to capture another artist’s process as a historical document and, in doing so, creates a distinctly new piece of…

Nov 2, 2023 •

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