August 20, 2024

The more I draw, the more I write

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been drawing almost everyday. Not in a sketchbook, like I’m used to, but digitally. I’ve never felt that drawing digitally was drawing at all, it often felt like a different thing. But now, I’m finding that whilst it does feel different; it’s doing the same thing to my brain. The more I draw, the more I write. The more I write, the more ideas I generate. The more ideas I generate, the more I need to visualise them – it’s a self-fuelling loop and one that is nourished by the same activity of drawing whether using traditional or digital techniques.

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January 27, 2026

Effort has value

Whether we’re aware of it or not, humans tend to be able to feel the human effort behind work.

January 20, 2026

Brahm’s first symphony is an anomaly

If it’s rare for the first thing that anyone makes to be the greatest of all time, then do we have no other choice but to keep making?

January 13, 2026

No one remembers Mike

Which two names come to mind when we think about the crew of the Apollo 11 space mission, and why isn’t one of them “Mike”?

January 6, 2026

A new year reflection not resolution

If the beginning of every years is spent anticipating the year to come, what does it mean for celebrating the year we’ve just lived?

December 30, 2025

Procrastination or rest?

How do I know if reading books, playing video games, going for walks and doing chores around the house is procrastination or rest?

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