@Alex Ruiz Me too on the deck! Haven't watched the video yet, but will in a minute.

I guess it's two things for me. Distraction first as I'll prioritize other things before getting my butt in the chair to draw and may spend days doing that before finally getting to art. That's getting less and less though. Then when I do sometimes I draw consistently, I will get drained out when it's not the original fantasy art ideas that I want to create. So my goal is to draw fantasy heart-art every day and not just anything - studies or commissions generally are the other things - and I think what stops me from doing that original art is perfectionism or fear of it not being good enough / not as good as my studies and therefore feel I need to study more rather than create honestly.

@Alex Ruiz Yes, very helpful. I must embody this advice.

Yeah, I just saw this the other week. I'd be curious to know how she proceeds beyond the call. Does what Joe led her through 'stick' or was it a momentary epiphany that iddn't last? I certainly related to being in my head as an artist.

@Alex Ruiz Yes, for sure! Not making the art separate from the artist is a good awareness.

Here's one with an interesting story. 20 something years ago I was a paper boy (I'm 33 now) and I slipped on some ice outside a lady's house. I knocked on her door to ask for help as I hit my head, and she called my mom. I don't remember exactly. I then drew her this and gave it to her as a gift. 20 years later, she's now 80, and she looked my name up and found me on Instagram. Sent me a message with this image asking if it was me. Super cool to have her reach out and share the art I gave her so long ago. The top word cut off on the right side is 'hurt'.

@Alex Ruiz Yeah, thanks! I'll share some more early art later.

I'd never heard of Alex Grey's book - it's on my list now!