Every meaningful part of my art career starts with a conversation. Not with a painting. Not with a gallery. Not even with a sale. With a...
It Begins With Conversation
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Courting the Muse
AKA Confessions of a Recovering Realist
Creative Curiosity: At the Edge of Understanding
I’m having breakfast with a friend when he casually upends my reality. "Math is beautiful," he says. And I'm like SAY WHAT? You’ve got to...
Creativity: Seeing What Isn’t There Yet
Creativity shows up where you least expect it. Like right now we're doing site prep for the new house. By "we," I mean definitely not me....
Creative Lessons from a Cantaloupe
Part 1: A story about a cantaloupe and the creative process Gather 'round, girlz & boyz, 'cause I have a story to tell involving a...
Susan Lobb Porter
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Permission
Taking Care of Business
Taking care of business as an artist means website disasters, cyber gremlins, new opportunities, salt water—and cake.
Putting Down Roots
Putting down roots happens quietly. Sometimes you don’t notice until the neighbors show up, the dogs become familiar, and there’s belly laughing upstairs.
It Begins With Conversation
Creative Organization: The Squirrel Method
Creative Curiosity: At the Edge of Understanding
A breakfast conversation about math sent me down a rabbit hole of quantum physics, painting, and Spanish. Somewhere along the way I realized curiosity doesn’t require expertise. Sometimes it’s enough to stand at the edge of understanding and simply enjoy the view.
