March 21, 2023 - The other day a friend asked me to talk about "...the creative practice, staying motivated, psychological roadblocks." This is such a great topic because like so much of artmaking, what's staring us right in the face can often be ignored out of habit, because the truth sounds crazy. But we're artists, dang it! We need to be honest about ourselves, about life and about what the creative process is, no matter how it sounds. WHO MOTIVATES WHOM? On the one hand we instinctively talk about motivation as if it is some alien force over which we have no control, something that is not really "us" so to speak. On the other hand, we know it must come entirely from within us. Both are true.  Because, one more time: what you normally experience as “you” (or…