How did this all happen so fast? My daughter Gabi has only a few days left of high school. Then we’re into prom season, summer goodbyes and then…packing my only child off to college. After that, we are each on to totally new lives. This is one of the moments I’ve been working towards since [...]
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For me, nothing beats the wordless joy of globbing paint onto canvas. It’s all about the trance of letting go. Stop thinking. Do it. Overthinking kills spontaneity. Overthinking makes me miserable. Overthinking obstructs the truth. Overthinking is a bad habit ingrained by my control freak Chinese immigrant parents. Haha, you knew I’d work in that [...]
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Seeing things clearly can be such an emotional issue — literally. That’s what I’ve learned from my holistic eye doctor, Marc Grossman. He’s the guy who taught me that my severe nearsightedness is all about letting go, while people who are farsighted have issues with focusing. We first met back in the late ’90s. I [...]
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I need to paint again. Although the feeling’s been there for a long time, it was easy to ignore because I’ve been insanely busy with other priorities. But that was before having dinner the other night with two artist friends I used to paint with on a weekly basis. They made me realize that my [...]
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Okay, grasshoppers, I really need your help today. Slowly and steadily, your humble servant is progressing towards a real book project. So far, I’ve got 3.48 out of 18 chapters drafted. And now, I’m stuck. My book will be a collection of essays sharing what I’ve learned about getting the life I want. It will [...]
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