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?
Category: Starting
Scared of progress
The problem with progress is that we’re likely to learn that we’re either not good enough or not ambitious enough. But maybe there’s no other way?
What’s a chair for?
If a chair is for sitting, what’s sitting for? Why sit at all?
Can I do this?
Where does the motivation for beginning mark making come from? Why would I even try in the first place?
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?
Which idea next?
If an artist finds themselves with too many ideas, is there a deceptively simple way to decide which idea we should work on next?
Making a map of dead ends
If we can more easily see the paths we shouldn’t follow, does that make finding the correct one easier?
The luxury of having no time
Most of us say we need more time but what if the opposite was true? What if less time helped us move forward?
Using enthusiasm
Instead of over-thinking and using rational judgement, what if we were led to our next project by emotion?
Without a little noodling, I’ll never have a pasta
What happens when you mix a pencil, paper, and play together?