Everyone will tell you to grow your audience. Focus on subscribers. Get bigger. Increase market share. Be for everybody. Be liked. Be loved.
But nothing gives me more pleasure these days than when I notice someone unsubscribe from my email list. Why? Because it means I’m not for everyone. It means I’m forming a point of view. A strong opinion. I’m picking a side. A side that’s not for everyone. It’s exactly what art is supposed to do.
What if illustrations didn’t prescribe a world to the reader, but, instead, suggested one?
Until I’ve put an idea on a page, it’s nothing more than an idea – something that’s difficult to see, hold, and connect with.
If a pencil could talk, what would it say to you? Nothing, I suspect, if you don’t use it.
Are there any set of words that one human can say to another that have a more profound effect than these?
Social media is a siren’s song – of scale, of connection, of ‘monetisation’, of a valuable way to spend time. Might there be a better way?
