Category Archives: Lessons I Learned in the Dark

The Song Unsung

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

“I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.”  -  Rabindranath Tagore Several years ago the American Medical Association found that most heart attacks occur around nine o’clock on Monday … Continue reading →

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Hymn to the Barely Brave

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

This blog is for the barely brave and beginning lovers like me, who refuse to abandon their dream, now more humble and real, and struggle to meet life and even death head on.  It is for those who value personal … Continue reading →

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The Great Devotion

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Believe Your Own Thoughts: What Can An Artist Learn From Mark Twain?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”          -Mark Twain, US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910) It’s been estimated by psychologists that during the course of a normal day … Continue reading →

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Gary Bolyer’s 5 Most Inspirational Art Blogs of All Time

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

Okay, so you want to be inspired? You want to feel something don’t you? You want to feel it in your bones? Then you must read these 5 inspirational art blogs that I have written. If you don’t know what … Continue reading →

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Do You Have a Bucket List?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. ~Zachary Scott To change one’s … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Andy Warhol

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

“Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone’s got to take care of all your details.”  – Andy Warhol Not long ago I was in Manhattan around Union Square.  I actually go there pretty … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Fickle. Don’t Change Directions

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

America is facing some of its greatest challenges ever.  The America that we have today is much different from the America that I knew as a boy. I think that one of the biggest problems facing Americans today is that we’ve become a very … Continue reading →

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Beauty only comes by grace…

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

Someone once told me that beauty only comes by grace. So it came to be that I stood with my sister in the presence of grace in the form of beauty, in the form of art, in the form of paintings … Continue reading →

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The best advice I ever got…

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

The best advice I ever got on how to live a life came from one of my English professors when I was a student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. I don’t remember the professor’s name. I don’t remember … Continue reading →

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