When every act of omission or inclusion in a drawing is a political act, how does one keep politics out of art?
An act of politics
Author: Matt Shanks
How long is it supposed to take?
Is a ten second drawing better than a 10 hour one? Am I slow or fast at making art?
A path to self discovery
What if drawing everyday wasn’t about learning how to draw better but learning how to be a better version of one’s self?
Not every drawing is a keeper
It’s difficult to know the difference between a good drawing and great drawing because I get so attached to each one
Stories that keep us stuck
When you’ve been telling yourself a story for so long, what happens when it begins to change?
Keeping the sacred fire burning
Why do we all bother working in industries like care, teaching, or the arts when the pay is so low and the respect so little?
Paralysed by scarcity
Once you realise that there are more projects in your brain than you have time in your life to make, how do you choose?
Substance in style
Can a style be objectively bad and therefore something that can be corrected?
Some days are for numbers
Being tired isn’t failure, it’s just an opportunity to do things a little differently than usual.
A few simple interesting lines
It only takes a few simple and interesting lines for an idea to emerge, so perhaps we should all just start there?