My wife and I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Impressionism in the Age of Industry exhibit last weekend. It was not disappointing. Colour, movement and life burst from the canvas wherever you looked. There is so much beauty in the juxtaposition of sky, earth and man’s works. Not exactly romantic but not a condemnation of it either. These men and women were pioneers in how they painted and what they portrayed. Did you know that they were castigated because of the

It has become apparent to me that if I let my desire to be a writer (meaning a writer who earns a more than an insignificant amount of monetary compensation for his/her work) overshadow the enjoyment I get from the creative process, then my work grinds to a halt. My daughter and I have spoken about this and she has done some research on the subject. I have done some too but most of what I have read, about the self publishing business anyway, disparages the perceived need for