I’ve never done this before
Almost everything we’ve done before was, at some point, something we’d never done before. So what can we learn from this?
Read nowI've been journalling on this website once per week for almost 4 years. It began as a personal project and a practice I could consistently return to to understand my progress as an artist. I never thought it would end up being one of the most important parts of my artistic practice but now I cannot miss a week. I've learned more from writing and reflecting than I have from drawing.
This journal needs more space – the space it deserves. I found myself trying to find articles I knew I had written, especially when asked about common problems younger artists encounter in their art practice. The new space not only gives each post room to breathe, but it makes entries more findable and filterable. bookmarkable and, hopefully, more illustratable.
Almost everything we’ve done before was, at some point, something we’d never done before. So what can we learn from this?
Read nowIf the postal service loses an original piece of art in transit, will money make it better?
Read nowWhat should painters paint? What should illustrators illustrate?
Read nowWhen it comes to peanut butter, some people like crunchy and others like smooth – so how can that apply to the art we make?
Read nowWhen you work in books, people assume you’re a book person. But, what happens when that’s not true? What if, for you, it was cinema?
Read nowWe think that we need to have an idea in order to get started but, perhaps, it’s the opposite way around?
Read nowHow is working for your livelihood different from working for your humanhood? And, will anyone pay for the latter?
Read nowWhy bother trying to make art? If it’s all been done already, surely there’s no point. Right?
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