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Gala of the Year
AE: I'm Art El La, and I am reporting LIVE from The Café in Artellaland! With me is the lead writer for There's Always Hope, Copper Cat. Ms. Cat, I must say, you are just purring with excitement! CC: Yes I am, Art, because we are here watching...
This Magic Moment
In a past post I've written about difficulties with what I call, "The Onslaught of Thought," a terrifying real swirl of every recallable experience of mine, whether good, bad, or indifferent. They come as pieces of a puzzle: in colors, words...
To Love, Love First Thyself
Recent discussions on depression and creativity sparked a memory of a book I'd recently read entitled, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Not one to pay attention to popular media, and frustrated that playing couch spud was all I could manage,...
Art Creates Depression Creates Art
It's a chicken vs. egg conundrum... Not having a supportive launchpad for creativity growing up is like a missing hinge on a gymnast's springboard: it will get you nowhere except down, very fast. Having experienced both, I can tell you that floor...
Procrastination Station
This isn't my first entry into the digitalized world, or in this land called Artella. This is, however, going to be my proving ground. You see, sitting at my computer affords me a lot of happy distractions, and therefore should be called my procrastination...