While all emotion sits on a spectrum of pleasant to unpleasant, what may matter more is the energy behind it.
Category: Starting
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.
What art needs
The inability to create art isn’t always in the artist’s control. But it’s easy to blame oneself for not doing enough.
Containing infinity
Is my long struggle with digital art because there are just too many options? Do constraints unlock expression rather than contain it?
Learning through play doesn’t have to stop at childhood
Does the availability and access of art materials prevent our ability to engage with art?
Time is the only thing we can’t make more of
Is it better to spend time or money?
The past isn’t a great foreteller of the future
Just because I’ve done something before, doesn’t mean I can do it again, right?
Who else is looking for answers?
Art comes from artists seeking to answer the questions they have about the world. It helps if others are also have the same questions.