One of the benefits of taking an extended vacation was that I could spread my sightseeing out over days, giving me ample time to just sit and paint. Every day, I’d go out and visit museums or markets or walk along the coast, and every afternoon, I’d return to my apartment and paint. It became […]

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they

St. Paul’s Cathedral and Millennium Bridge, from the Tate Modern London. My parents still (well, at least for the next two weeks) live in the same house I grew up in. I’ve had my apartment – the first since I graduated from college – for 16 years now. Yes, I’ve had many careers, but I’m

I’ve been in Brussels since Monday night. I have to admit that I found the city very… quiet (what city wouldn’t be quiet compared with Istanbul?) at first. I decided to stop reading my guidebook and, on a suggestion from Eva, I walked around the beautiful Abbaye de la Cambre, which houses an art school.
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