Today I happened to stumble on an old book that was hiding in my basement. It was my Great Grandmother's book from the 1950s with a small note inside it. This made me instantly reflect on two essential ideas. What happens when we stop our regular...
Last weekend, I visited the Art Museum and learned that Monet started his artistic career as a character artist and had a thriving business. I thought what a tragedy it would have been if he stayed content and didn't follow an abstract calling to pick...
Yesterday I went with my son to the art store. He was looking to buy some paint; however, it was out of his price range. I knew that he needed these tools to create, and I was more than happy to share the cost with...
Rebuilding is an earthly, physical, opaque duty that intercedes thro ugh the spiritual transparent duty. The physical builds upon the spiritual. Without the physical, the spiritual will not be built, and without the spiritual the physical cannot be completed. I cannot physically live without the spirit, and...
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains”—Renoir Dorothea Lange’s, The Migrant Worker is considered a masterpiece in photography. There is something about the photo that always seems to astonish. Its subject matter shows a mother’s distress, however, concurrently interprets beauty and elegance. How do you compose grief...
“Failing, falling fast into the valley, means more momentum to make it up the next mountain.” I hate failing. I can’t stand falling. Like the movement of the landscape, it appears that our lives continually reflect the valleys and mountains. If I remember that the momentum...
I spent this past weekend at Tribe Conference in Franklin, TN. During one of the breaks I found a quiet space to recharge my introvert batteries. I was gently startled when a women approached and asked if she could have her picture taken with me....
"Sometimes, what seems to be the boring, practical life can end up being the most beautiful." — SG...
"Fear of failure seems to be the first step to failure."—Seth Guge...
About six years ago, my wife Kim and I bought a house in the small town of Algonquin, about 45 miles Northwest of Chicago. Although the house was a bit old and outdated, we were sold on the fact that it backed-up to a one...
"As an artist, I love the fact that programming and code can be creative and beautiful." —Seth Guge...
"I'm finding that when I create things to make other people happy, they hate it. When I create things to make myself happy, other people usually love it." —Seth Guge...
Worked on some art with my little sister Hannah today. I'm thinking that between us, I walked away the most inspired....
