Category: Making

I don’t remember where I read it, but the quote goes something like this: “Anyone could go to their local fish market and buy fish far healthier and tastier than they could catch themselves. Some people just like fishing.” In an increasingly globalised world, almost anything can be outsourced, and yet, we still have a… Continue reading Some people just like fishing

In a high-performance productivity culture, are new hobbies just distractions? Or, are they healthy ways to live a broader human experience

How does one measure the success of one’s efforts? Is the painting artefact or the the painting process the point?

Film is, and continues to be, the biggest influence on my creative life. Here are the most influential ones for 2022.

Some types of improvement are difficult to notice unless we spend intentional time to notice them.

No matter how much we try, our default seems to be to articulate problems we see in the ways we think they can be solved.

Sitting down to draw is intimidating, but sitting down to make the first mark might be helpful way to get started.

Defining one’s art style goes beyond materials. It lies at something deeper, perhaps something akin to a default way of looking.

In a world driven by ‘who’s it for’ thinking, maybe, sometimes, what matters most with art is that the ‘who’ is ‘you’?