An Expat Painter in Paris; the Pain and the Passion

Excerpts from the upcoming book

The 10,000 Year Art Project, a New Cave

After having studied classical painting Paris and visiting the Louvre so many times I lost count, I decided to bookend my studies by...

Terror attacks the night I arrive in London

I was unpacking my clothes for my week-long stay in London when I began to hear sirens. My first thought was that they're like...

100+ answers to the question, "What is the purpose of art?"

I had the thought again. It's usually a variation on, "What makes you think you're good enough to be a full-time artist? And what purpose...

The one type of person who can stand in front of a popular painting as long as they want

On my quest to see all the Rembrandts in the world I've been to the Mauritshuis, (pro tip; it's pronounced "Mawr-its-house) the...

An acid trip of colors without drugs

Sometimes you don't need any "outside help" to see a rainbow of colors on the human face. I began my first conversation with my...

Do You Deserve to Be Happy? Here's how to tell.

RuPaul says, "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love anybody else?" Part of loving yourself is allowing yourself to...

Don't call it "Czechia" and five other things I learned in Prague

I know, when you enter an address in Prague in google maps the result says the address is in "Czechia". Since I always make efforts to...

Three Ways to Find Joy

When I got onto the bus to go from Hoorn to Medemblik, I asked the driver to make sure I was on the correct bus. An older, white-haired...

Rembrandt's Swagger

We don't know how deep his voice was and we can only guess how tall he was, but in his day, he was a rockstar. I think he swaggered. Look...

How to get medicine shipped to Europe, make good use of waiting time; doing block-ins

Although I don't recommend going on a trip to Europe and leaving your medicine in California, even a big mistake like that can have its...

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