How to Make Time Stand Still

They say time flies but it doesn’t always have to be that way. These words from John O’Donohue give the recipe for how to make it stop. Draw alongside the silence of stone Until its calmness can claim you. Be excessively gentle with yourself. Stay clear of...

Art Without Pictures

B.J. Novak is an artist who influences because he wrote a book for kids with no pictures. And when he reads it out loud, this is what happens (that means there’s a video next): Learn more about B.J. Novak and check out The Book with No Pictures, currently ranked...

There’s Something About Judy

As you well know, The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie of pretty much all time. Because it’s had such a huge impact on my life, I knew I had to include it somehow in my month of highlighting artists who have influenced me, but it has taken me some time to tease...

One Hundred Years of Budder

This month I’m sharing people who have influenced me in big and small ways. I call them artists, using this definition of art: Art is what happens when you dare to be who you really are; when what is most alive in you is offered as a gift to others. When we...