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Horrible little websites
I think one of the best things we can do for ourselves, with tech in a constant state of flux, is stake out a spot on the Internet to call your own, where you are not dependent on one service or another. Buy some server space buy a domain; write/draw/record/take a photo, a little bit […]
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Diary: Dec 2020 to May 2022
My most recently finished diary: an expanded dot grid Moleskine (Moleskines being my preferred notebook for years now). Weapons of choice were my LAMY Lx fountain pen, a pocket Pentel brush pen, and The Antiquarian Sticker Books. It’s labelled Vol I, in honor of rededicating myself to writing on a regular basis. I started it […]
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Rules for a Creative Life
The rules for Immaculate Heart Art Department, as written up by Sister Corita Kent and adopted as the official ethos of the art department of her alma matter: RULE 1 Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while RULE 2 General duties of the student: pull everything out of your […]
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Phantom Limbs
Cartoonist Lynda Barry on what images might be for: Kids don’t plan to play,” she told her class in the first day. “They don’t go: ‘Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It’s gonna be a three-act.’ ” Narrative, Barry believes, is so hard-wired into human beings that creativity can come as naturally to adults as […]
Jenny Mikac 