What if we were able to tell ourselves a story to be OK with prioritising art in our lives? What sort of work would we make?
Art as therapy
Category: Starting
Something always comes from nothing
Something always comes from nothing – but giving ourselves the space to feel nothing is the difficult bit.
Art needs life
It’s easy to feel that, sometimes, work ‘gets in the way’ of art. But, art needs that time, and those experiences, to make work that matters.
I’ve always wanted to be…
How often do we let the decisions of our younger selves inform the life we live tomorrow?
Tennis is more interesting when the tennis is on
If more people play tennis when the tennis is on, what does art need for people to start making it.
Fewer decisions
Art is overwhelming enough, but we can make it easier on ourselves (and have a holiday at the same time) by imposing constraints.
Procrastination or Productivity
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference between procrastination and productivity, but being clear on our why makes it easier.
Something from nothing
How does one go from a blank page to a rich and detailed illustration that makes us feel something?
The necessity of unpleasant emotions
While all emotion sits on a spectrum of pleasant to unpleasant, what may matter more is the energy behind it.
The death of the still image?
With the overwhelming cultural move toward video content, what is to be done with the humble and understated still image?