Do fundamental skills really need to come first? Or, instead of learning those, can we focus on why we’re doing in the first place?
Category: Starting
Escaping the whirlpool of doubt and uncertainty
Is it possible that making marks on paper – either letters or lines – can help us navigate otherwise overwhelming decisions?
Every drawing is a raffle ticket
Until I’ve put an idea on a page, it’s nothing more than an idea – something that’s difficult to see, hold, and connect with.
A conversation with a pencil
If a pencil could talk, what would it say to you? Nothing, I suspect, if you don’t use it.
Proper technique
If I’m learning a new art form, do I focus on technical correctness first or building an emotional connection with the medium?
What would happen if… ?
What happens when you start from a place of asking what would happen if? What risks (and new doors) open up?
The more I draw, the more I write
If I need ideas the first thing I need to do is pick a pencil and start making marks.
In memory of Ioannis
On the way to our favourite local coffee shop, an old cypriot man lived in a garden full of fruit trees – lemons, cumquats, and oranges. His name was Ioannis (pronounced Yannis). Whenever we passed Ioannis and he was in his front garden (either having a smoke or tending to the trees) we’d have a short… Continue reading In memory of Ioannis
Paralysed by scarcity
Once you realise that there are more projects in your brain than you have time in your life to make, how do you choose?
If no one saw it, would I still make it?
If the answer to this question is yes, I know I’m on to something.
