If something feeds the soul and something else drains it, why is it so difficult to prioiritise the thing that’s good for us?
Category: Making
Permission to be done
How do we know when something is done and what’s the value of calling something done even if we’re not happy with how it turned out?
A confident line over a competent line
A line can be one of two things: confident or competent. Can it ever be both?
I have to work today
What if, on the days we don’t feel like making art, we do anyway? In the same way that we show up to our day jobs when we don’t fee like it?
What’s a chair for?
If a chair is for sitting, what’s sitting for? Why sit at all?
The ancestors are speaking
What might we be able to tell ourselves and listen for in order to provoke more positive energy and action in our art practice?
Visibility and confidence
How might we become less reliant on other people’s reaction to our work and the confidence to make more of it?
Proof of existence
Why do I feel compelled to share my work with anyone at all? Isn’t it enough just to make it for me?
Something beyond raw materials
Some work, like some meals, stand out more than others. So what’s on the plate or canvas that goes beyond ingredients or paint?
Effort has value
Whether we’re aware of it or not, humans tend to be able to feel the human effort behind work.