Category: Making

When is persistence valuable and how do I know when to cut my losses and move on?

How do I know if I’m becoming a better artist? What metrics do I use and what do I compare to?

Rest is often perceived to be a passive state but choosing and focussing to rest is anything but passive; it’s part of the craft.

If art is inefficient, what’s the point?

Working for someone else might seem difficult, but is it more difficult to work for yourself?

When a sauce is reduced, there is less of it, but the flavours are intensified. What does this mean for what else we make?

If we’re all eating from the same trough, surely what comes out the other end is the same, too?

If a monoculture of potatoes makes crops less resilient, what does it mean for a monoculture of illustration?

Is there are point to making anything when computers (or someone else) already has?