This is a very first mural I did in Richmond. It was illegal. I had a fake jumpsuit, the whole nine yards, I went here and did it in broad daylight. This guy comes around from work — two cocktail day — comes around and sees it. Hates it, like, "This sucks." But you know what, I didn't care because I'd stopped him, I made him take that one second and make a creative interpretation. He looked at it and went, "I don't like it. Huh, I don't know what it's doing here, but I don't like it." . . . I won.

“Sit down with a little damn faith. Do the thing you’re doing. Let go of your plans for it, and trust that you on your stupid little own will actually be okay.”

Music can be used in an effective way to generate affection.

Music can really take you on a journey. It can make you 'feel things' before you 'think things'.

How do you build affection? The arts are a great tool to growing affection.

Doing something beautiful doesn't have to be this ginormous, impactful thing - it can be small and intimate and kind of take you by surprise.

Competition makes you humble, makes you better.

Emily Post probably wouldn't like that - but fuck that. If my client wants something that is different, I'm going to support it.

My clients trust me to be a part of their weddings - and that's a big piece.

I never lose sight, that I cannot do what I do without the help, insight, collaboration, creativity, and energy of others.

Don't be afraid to share what fills you up.

Letting Love Rule is about connecting with people. "Hey - I like what you are about, let's sit down for cocktails and find out more."

Part of what makes any creative endeavor or business successful is the collaboration piece.

If you let love rule, then your work will come through and the people who you want to work with will come to you.

Let Love Rule. It should be a commandment in our daily lives. It drives you toward sticking to your conviction of what you think is right for your client.

Creative Adventuring: You gotta go out and do things that make you want to come back to work.

Creative play has nothing to do with my clients, but it has everything to do with filling me up.

Creative adventuring: we should all play, regardless of what it does for our clients or project.

Believe in yourself and your creativity and what you have to offer.

Love what you do. Break out of the business side to make sure you can keep moving in your creative side.

Being creative is hard. Selling your creation is hard. But when you fill yourself up with those things in your life that make you more confident, the client is going to choose you.

Whether you are designing a website or a logo, drink in what inspires you.

Let the artist's boldness and sense of adventure trickle down to you.

We have that "adventurousness" in us as creative people - it's just figuring out how to tap into it.

Love is bold. It's boundless, it's brave, it's risky, it's vivid, it's bright.