Do you start thinking professionally once you start working professionally?
Author: Matt Shanks
The death of the still image?
With the overwhelming cultural move toward video content, what is to be done with the humble and understated still image?
Becoming more like me
Is it possible to iterate and calculate your way to your authentic self? Or, is the way to get there, in fact, the opposite?
Artist as social media bait
Is social media worth the time of the artist, anymore? Or is that time better spent making the work?
Monks don’t use leaf blowers
Is there value in doing things the slow way, sometimes? And why don’t monks use leafblowers when there’s so much sweeping to be done?
The feeling of the thing
What does it mean to find ‘the feeling of the thing’ and why would anyone bother?
Those distinguishing features
Why are we so quick to identify what we don’t have rather than what we do have?
What are the stakes?
How might our stories have universal appeal and what can we use to make sure we don’t forget about the core conflict that makes it exciting?
Getting out of the comfort zone
Sometimes we need to give into to our nature to seek out the new – it might lead to something even better than before.
Tall poppy syndrome and the barriers to art
As if making art isn’t hard enough, Australians also need to reckon with the idea that we’ll be seen as a tall poppy. That just won’t do.