Category: Making

Why would I spend time making an image that’s already been made before? Is it a more generous act to take risks?

Will waiting for the big break that might not come just leave us broken? Could we think about progress another way?

If every project changes who we are, then maybe it’s worth being deliberate about which projects we choose to use our time on?

If you have more ideas to complete than time on this Earth, there are just two ways respond.

How do I know, as an artist, if I’m making progress? Well, that depends on what I focus on.

How long does it take before I start feeling like the work I’m making is distinctly mine?

How much should you stick with what you know, and what people expect, versus playing and experimenting with new ideas and new ways of making?

How does one improve their imagination once they become a logical, sensible, rational adult?

In a world awash with illustration and art theory, is there a better way to judge whether a drawing is any good?

There may be no other tool so well-suited to exploration and erasure than a pencil.