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
Category: Making
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
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.
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?
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?
What made me laugh, think, and cry in 2019
Just like the potter shapes the clay to make a wonky pot, so too have the people and art I’ve consumed this year shaped me.
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.
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?
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.
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