>'Art is everything you don't have to do.' - Brian Eno - ^1c62ac > Thomas Merton - ‘Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.’ >_"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn, and they make new and curious combinations."_ Mark Twain. [](https://www.alisonberrettartist.com/blog/art-is-everything-that-you-dont-have-to-do-brian-eno) Article - The book [[Start with Why]] describes why authenticity matters. - List of factors describing the importance of engagement for a healthy work life in the fight between [[Productivity]] - Information for [[How to market online art prints|marketing]] your artwork I want my artwork to be a place to honour emotions. Much like I think [[Acceptance & Commitment Therapy]] preaches, we should sit with our fears and not run away from them, which is all too easy in our every increasingly distracted world. I want to use my art like music to masses, if not just for myself, so that I feel more at home within myself, with my sadness. Unburdening my sadness it turns into something greater. I want my art to be akin to [[Rituals for Life]]. - Art is [[play]] [[Combinations]] #Art