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The Antidote Economy: "Authentic" living needs lots of "fake" people i …
[Orignally posted at The Marfa Project etc.] This cartoon represents the great #firstworldproblem of our age. We’re all just trying to do too much, and …
stuff
[Note: “Real Feelings” was originally drawn for Sayers, a dynamic company based outside Chicago that offers personalized IT solutions. Their culture is centered around four little words: to …
An e-mail to cartoonist, Austin Kleon
Dear Austin, I’m graduating from college next year, so after seeing your book mentioned online (I haven’t bought it yet, but I really am thinking about …
"Secular Prayers": What ancient Japanese scrolls and motivational posters have i …
[© National Gallery of Victoria] Using old Japanese “Zen” scrolls as an example, The Philosopher’s Mail inadvertently does a fabulous job of explaining the philosophy …
The Internet has made geography irrelevant? Since when?
Back in the 1990’s, “The Internet has made geography irrelevant” meme became huge amongst the cool kids. Fast forward a decade or two, and here …
Who Are The Happiest Artists?
Who Are The Happiest Artists? When I was ten years old, I was having a nice chat with my mother about what I should be …
Innovation is Mindset
From today’s newsletter: We get this a lot: big companies bringing us in to shake things up, because they want to be more creative, because …
Innovation begins here
[Buy the print and/or the acrylic block here etc.] Innovation is hard enough, even when you’re truly, madly, deeply in love with your work. But …
Memes memes memes
Normally our images go out to our cartoon of the day mailing list, and those folks usually get first glimpse of images. People will …
Allergic To Boredom
[Buy the print etc.] So, you’re one of those types who live in mortal fear of being stuck in a some boring job somewhere, doing …
Empathy, Fearlessness, Humor
This was a print I designed for Joe Polish to give to his friend, Arianna Huffington. I met Arianna once briefly through Joe, at his Genius Network …
"Everybody in the music business is an entrepreneur." Thoughts from Miami Music …
[Derek and I having a natter onstage.] I had a fun time today at the Miami Music Summit– they used my little “Delusional” critter for …
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