by Mike Roy | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Creativity, Fulfillment
This article is a case study of how I helped develop and run a summer animation camp for a group of 16 very enthusiastic kids. Myth: We Should Wait For the State To Provide A Quality Creative Education For Our Children. One of the developmental creative myths that I...
by Mike Roy | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
What Creative Freedoms Are Important To You? History is full of inspiring stories about heroes who made incredible sacrifices for a thing called freedom. William Wallace, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the award winning film Braveheart, is a stirring example of someone...
by Mike Roy | Dec 28, 2015 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
Click Here to Get the Workbook for this article. Generally, I try to avoid clichés. That includes writing year-end posts with titles like “How to Have The Most Creative Year Ever In [ insert year here. ]”. But since I’m so fond of irony, i’ll...
by Mike Roy | Nov 29, 2014 | Creativity, Mindset, Uncategorized
We’ve all been there. We want to be productive artists who get recognized for our work… but we just can’t seem to get off our duff and actually create the art. It’s kind of a chicken-and-egg situation, when you think about it… we want to...
by Mike Roy | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Creativity, Fulfillment, Myths
This is the third in a series of posts called “The 12 Artist Myths” that explores the most common widely held beliefs people have about artists and creative individuals of all types. It also represents beliefs that we artists have about ourselves that hold...
by Mike Roy | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
As painful as this is… It’s time to talk about fear. Nobody except for crazy people are immune to fear. Artists are especially vulnerable to fear, because by necessity we have to be sensitive to the world around us. We get used to our fears. We’re so...