Is being a ‘full-time illustrator’ all it’s cracked up to be or do we romanticise this way to make money because it reminds of childhood?
Category: Marketing
Just feed me
If more choice for a consumer is better, then why do chef’s banquets and ‘just feed me’ options exist in restaurants?
What does the market want?
If an art practice is driven by what the market wants, is it no longer an art practice?
Too smart for Van Gogh
In books, the number of words is generally correlated to reading level/age. So why do all ages go to see a Van Gogh that has no words?
A race to the bottom
What’s at the end of a race to the bottom?
Watch to the end
Are we complicit in providing ‘addictive’ content, dressed up as ‘art’ or ‘good marketing’?
Escaping the gravity of commerce
Who or what am I really looking for when I put our work out in the world? How do I know it’s any good?
Better than sitting in the dark
Is there anything that shines a light on someone’s experience more quickly or brightly than drawing?
Did Chopin want to be the nocturne guy?
Is it possible to trap ourselves into a ‘style’ or ‘type of work’ because it’s easier for the world to understand simplicity?
A siren’s song
Social media is a siren’s song – of scale, of connection, of ‘monetisation’, of a valuable way to spend time. Might there be a better way?