What I love about your essays is their honesty, openness, and vulnerability. I thoroughly enjoyed the first dog essay and the repeated line at the end of each pet's story. We all feel like we know you as a friend. Your authenticity rings throughout your work - both the written and visual ponderings. Don't hold back. I learn from you. Thank you.
I am grateful for your intentions, experimentations, willing to be vulnerable and take risks with the YouTube crowd (which I have joined in months and years past) I read this all the way to the bottom because I sensed your title, Dog's Breakfast (so cool) and Making the most of making mistakes...is very relatable and very human. Thank you for your range of feelings and experiences and just for being you! Thank you Danny. I'd love to hear more about your experience in the Lucas museum! We're north of LA and would love to check it out someday.
You’re way too hard on yourself, as you know! I found this Rockwell interpretation really interesting. Your drawings are all so unique—it’s amazing how much variety you have. I’m very much into wonky, fun, and different art right now, and so much of your work fits that vibe. I just love it!
As for the dog stories: I really loved that article. You have such wonderful memories. Yes, they all had sad endings, but they also had exciting beginnings and great middles. You picked up, moved forward, and shared your life with so many wonderful pets. I feel the exact same way—about pets and about life in general. That’s what has made my own journey so rich. Maybe it was sad sometimes, and maybe some chapters ended sooner than I wanted, but being able to pivot in new directions brought so many good things. It’s still happening, even in my 80s. Life is good. Embrace the changes and celebrate the different stages, they are what make your work and your life so uniquely wonderful!
You're human, like the rest of us. It's good to know. It balances out the side of you where creativity seems so easy for you. Thank you for being real.
I found your essay to be exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Time and lessons well spent. Thank you, Danny. Your approach to life and creativity is so helpful. .Accept myself where I am.
Hi Danny....something just crossed my mind as I read this and saw your inspired-by-Rockwell drawings. While your pieces are in your unique style, the theme and composition are still strongly resembling NR's. Of course Rockwell does not have a lock on little-boys-looking-at-a-group-of-puppies-with-their-own-dog-looking-up-at-them, I'm wondering how to be "inspired" but not imitative of either the subject or the composition. Then again, someone looking at your finished piece would probably NOT immediately think "hey, that looks like a Rockwell". Help me please.
I was not present at the session, and I don’t know what you were expecting or what your students and followers might have been expecting, but I see these as whimsical interpretations. I would have been disappointed if you copied the Rockwell example. I think you beautifully modeled what your message to us to draw what you see, just do it, don’t try to do it with perfection. It is interesting what flows from us when we sit down to the creative process. And as most of us have experienced, getting several hours or days away from our work allows us to make changes, additions, or just see it a more positive light.
I also disagree with any of your readers who were depressed by your last week’s essay, V1. I found it refreshingly real and I focused on your beautiful relationship with your pets later in life when you had more control over the situation. And I think we all have situations like that we could relate to, at least I did.
Anyway, Danny, please keep being you, the real Danny, real and sharply intelligent and creative. You give us all inspiration in our own creative journeys. 😊
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What I love about your essays is their honesty, openness, and vulnerability. I thoroughly enjoyed the first dog essay and the repeated line at the end of each pet's story. We all feel like we know you as a friend. Your authenticity rings throughout your work - both the written and visual ponderings. Don't hold back. I learn from you. Thank you.
I am grateful for your intentions, experimentations, willing to be vulnerable and take risks with the YouTube crowd (which I have joined in months and years past) I read this all the way to the bottom because I sensed your title, Dog's Breakfast (so cool) and Making the most of making mistakes...is very relatable and very human. Thank you for your range of feelings and experiences and just for being you! Thank you Danny. I'd love to hear more about your experience in the Lucas museum! We're north of LA and would love to check it out someday.
You have a good heart. What’s better than being able to show that your heart and your art are full of love?🐕🦺🐕🙏☺️🐾
You’re way too hard on yourself, as you know! I found this Rockwell interpretation really interesting. Your drawings are all so unique—it’s amazing how much variety you have. I’m very much into wonky, fun, and different art right now, and so much of your work fits that vibe. I just love it!
As for the dog stories: I really loved that article. You have such wonderful memories. Yes, they all had sad endings, but they also had exciting beginnings and great middles. You picked up, moved forward, and shared your life with so many wonderful pets. I feel the exact same way—about pets and about life in general. That’s what has made my own journey so rich. Maybe it was sad sometimes, and maybe some chapters ended sooner than I wanted, but being able to pivot in new directions brought so many good things. It’s still happening, even in my 80s. Life is good. Embrace the changes and celebrate the different stages, they are what make your work and your life so uniquely wonderful!
You're human, like the rest of us. It's good to know. It balances out the side of you where creativity seems so easy for you. Thank you for being real.
I agree, I really liked the dog essay - i like real, and love that the sketch turned out a bit off. Relatable!
I found your essay to be exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Time and lessons well spent. Thank you, Danny. Your approach to life and creativity is so helpful. .Accept myself where I am.
Hi Danny....something just crossed my mind as I read this and saw your inspired-by-Rockwell drawings. While your pieces are in your unique style, the theme and composition are still strongly resembling NR's. Of course Rockwell does not have a lock on little-boys-looking-at-a-group-of-puppies-with-their-own-dog-looking-up-at-them, I'm wondering how to be "inspired" but not imitative of either the subject or the composition. Then again, someone looking at your finished piece would probably NOT immediately think "hey, that looks like a Rockwell". Help me please.
I was not present at the session, and I don’t know what you were expecting or what your students and followers might have been expecting, but I see these as whimsical interpretations. I would have been disappointed if you copied the Rockwell example. I think you beautifully modeled what your message to us to draw what you see, just do it, don’t try to do it with perfection. It is interesting what flows from us when we sit down to the creative process. And as most of us have experienced, getting several hours or days away from our work allows us to make changes, additions, or just see it a more positive light.
I also disagree with any of your readers who were depressed by your last week’s essay, V1. I found it refreshingly real and I focused on your beautiful relationship with your pets later in life when you had more control over the situation. And I think we all have situations like that we could relate to, at least I did.
Anyway, Danny, please keep being you, the real Danny, real and sharply intelligent and creative. You give us all inspiration in our own creative journeys. 😊
This is so what I needed to read this morning. Thank you.