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.
Art needs life
Category: Starting
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?
Tall poppy syndrome and the barriers to art
As if making art isn’t hard enough, Australians also need to reckon with the idea that we’ll be seen as a tall poppy. That just won’t do.
Making authentic marks
To find your own identity amongst the cacophony of expectations of others might be the point of it all.