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 | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Fulfillment, Marketing
This is, quite literally, what a stampede for art looks like. (Click the video below.) This depicts the scene at a recent art event called Canvas For A Cause, benefitting the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. The annual art auction was held at ReelFX Creative...
by Mike Roy | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Fulfillment, Mindset, Myths
There has always been a lot of excessive attention placed on raw talent. It’s easy to understand why. The youthful prodigy that practically emerges from the womb playing concertos makes a much more compelling story than the quasi-talented hard worker. But the...
by Mike Roy | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Fulfillment, Mindset
As artists, we often struggle with time. Perhaps it’s because we intuitively discovered the theory of relativity centuries before Einstein was able to formally describe it. We discovered that the creative process tends to operate independently of time. This is...
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 | May 25, 2014 | Blog, Creativity, Fulfillment
We have all heard if, if not experienced, the mythical beast called writer’s block. Yes, that’s right. I said it. It’s a myth. Let’s go back to the definition of myth: A popularly held, but erroneous, belief. It has all the checkpoints of a...
