Assuming that what works for us will work for others doesn’t make sense. Perhaps instead of advice, what we need is perspective.
Category: Starting
No one taught us what do with boredom
The problem with being bored isn’t about being unable to think about what to do, it’s about deciding which, of all things, we should do, right now.
How to: find my style
No one sets out to have a favourite food, we find it along the way. The same thing happens with the style of art we gravitate toward, too.
Destination unknown
Maybe, sometimes, we need to fling something at a canvas with no intention or plan, just to see what happens; respond to what’s right in front us.
Making time for art
How do I make time for art? I don’t, in the same way I don’t make time for brushing my teeth. The time is already there.
The usefulness of constraints
It’s easy to put limits on ourselves. To see these things as barriers that prevent us from doing what we want to do. My desk is too small. I don’t have enough time. I don’t have a ‘space’. I can’t afford to do art. I can’t draw. But barriers are only barriers if you see… Continue reading The usefulness of constraints
The power of teachers
In year 7, I was asked to write a story for a class assignment. It was a pop-creative-writing task. I ended up writing a derivation of the Jonah and the Whale story from the bible. It was a Catholic school, the class before this one was Religion, so it was the first thing that came… Continue reading The power of teachers
Disposable income, disposable time
Maybe time works like income. You need to spend a certain amount of it on ‘essentials’, but then there’s a ‘budget’ for how we choose to spend the rest?
Why is doing nothing so hard?
Doing ‘nothing’ is difficult. Try it for a minute, or two, or thirty and you’ll see. So if we have to do something, what’s the best sort of something.
Safe bets
How do you choose a wine if you’re not into wine? Standing in front of a shelf of over 1200 wine bottles, all of varying prices, designs, flavour profiles or sizes, the choice is overwhelming. If you know nothing about wine, awards help. If something is awarded, and something isn’t, perhaps the awarded one is… Continue reading Safe bets