Clever Endeavors is an educational book that shares short essays, mini-lessons, step-by-step tips for making art, poetry, personal stories, quotable phrases, bits of philosophy, and colorful imagery showcasing our work. In other words, it’s full of Clever Endeavors. In this collaborative book, original creativity is promoted and honored as a remarkable process. Creativity flourishes in an atmosphere where confidence, trust, faith, and commitment exist. As artists, we easily choose goals that develop our skills and technique, but there is another goal that is important, and it’s seldom given a second thought. It’s simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do. The goal is learning to trust your personal sense of design. Grasping that goal is a pivotal point for artists. Reaching it may take time, but working toward it is a very worthy goal.