I have been reading, taking lessons from, and expanding my interest and enjoyment of the creative act of marketing for decades. For years, I’ve studied the work of Seth Godin. He is my marketing guru. I own almost all of Seth Godin’s books, but I also listen to them as audiobooks, many of which I get from my local library. He calls books souvenirs of ideas. I have a bookshelf full of his ideas. I even went so far as to order 10 copies of one of his latest entries in this genre, “This Is Strategy,” and distribute them to a team I was working with at the time, hoping they would embrace the concepts. It takes an open mind to new ideas and to make leaps forward in planning. Marketing is as creative an act as is drawing or painting in my opinion. Imagine my joy in seeing my name listed in the Acknowledgments at the end of this book. I am truly honored to have had some input into trialing and contributing to the ideas behind this book of Seth’s!

This is a daily journal of my solo exhibition at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026, my work in the group show at the Ceres Gallery in June, and my upcoming November solo exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.