February 4, 2020

The usefulness of constraints

It’s easy to put limits on ourselves. To see these things as barriers that prevent us from doing what we want to do. My desk is too small. I don’t have enough time. I don’t have a ‘space’. I can’t afford to do art. I can’t draw. But barriers are only barriers if you see… Continue reading The usefulness of constraints

January 28, 2020

The power of teachers

In year 7, I was asked to write a story for a class assignment. It was a pop-creative-writing task. I ended up writing a derivation of the Jonah and the Whale story from the bible. It was a Catholic school, the class before this one was Religion, so it was the first thing that came… Continue reading The power of teachers

January 21, 2020

Head, Hand, and Heart

When I’m working with my hands, and not a computer, things are different. I think better. I write better. I make better. Maybe it’s the same for others.

January 14, 2020

Command – Tab

The computer is a tool that’s designed for multi-tasking. But art is the opposite. Maybe that’s why I have never been able to use my computer to make art?

January 7, 2020

Disposable income, disposable time

Maybe time works like income. You need to spend a certain amount of it on ‘essentials’, but then there’s a ‘budget’ for how we choose to spend the rest?

December 17, 2019

All in

What’s all-in for you might not mean all-in for another. Maybe you can still be all-in with your art without having to rely on it for income.

November 26, 2019

Dress for the occasion

Could wearing a business shirt when doing accounts, and wearing a painter’s apron while working on your art make you better at both?

November 19, 2019

Why is doing nothing so hard?

Doing ‘nothing’ is difficult. Try it for a minute, or two, or thirty and you’ll see. So if we have to do something, what’s the best sort of something.

October 29, 2019

Safe bets

How do you choose a wine if you’re not into wine? Standing in front of a shelf of over 1200 wine bottles, all of varying prices, designs, flavour profiles or sizes, the choice is overwhelming. If you know nothing about wine, awards help. If something is awarded, and something isn’t, perhaps the awarded one is… Continue reading Safe bets