Luis Jimenez

I am sad to find out the news that Luis Jimenez has died in his studio. He was a fine artist and we had scheduled an interview with him for this summer.

Creative Depression

I know that many of us have and deal with creative depression. I am of the mind that it is a necessary part of being creative and knowing this does not make it any easier. Many times it has brought me to my knees and at the same time through such harsh self criticism it has shown me that it is ok to just be myself. I also believe that we suffer this depression together or communally and the realization of this is most important. This is no Tom Cruise bent on how we do not need anti-depressants or that Scientology will show us the way. I have this gut instinct that we are all connected somehow (be it spiritually or extrasensorilly(sp)) and our depression is shared. I don't think we need to sit in drum circles and chant either but just the awareness of a communal mind takes some of the pressure off. I am a painter and I work from my instinct so let me know how you feel about it and if you have read anything about it.