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"All Art Is Religious Art"
56. ALL ART IS RELIGIOUS ART. [Just added the following to “The Art Of Not Sucking” etc.] Long before I acquired even the faintest interest …
My next book: "The Art Of Not Sucking"
[Read the whole first draft here….] I just finsihed writing my latest book, “The Art Of Not Sucking”. Rather than publish it as an e-book …
What is a “Cultural Object”?
[More thoughts on The Rackspace Book…] 6. ROB LA GESSE Rob La Gesse is the groovy cat who first hired gapingvoid at Rackspace. He’s also …
Audacity (sic)
Hugh signing a print going to our friend Luca de Meo, CMO at Audi. This was part of a nearly one-hundred-image suite of work we …
The Rackspace Book
[Screenshot of the cartoon showcase page we did for Rackspace etc.] I’ve started writing a book about gapingvoid’s experience working with Rackspace. Here are some initial thoughts, …
Do people really want to be "Everyone"?
It always excites me to see someone trying to shake up the art industry, so I was sad to learn about Jen Bekman’s fine art …
“How To Create A Social Object”
[Photo courtesy of Carly Starrat] Yesterday I was in Chicago, at the WOMMA Summit, riffing about “Social Objects”, a subject very dear to my heart. …
Make Every Work Of Art Like It's Your Last.
“Live each day as if it were your last, for one day it will be.” Though Marcus Aurelius’ Third-Century advice sounds terrific, it’s probably the …
Pope
[buy print here…] So the Pope decided to resign today… I guess that’s not too surprising, even if a Pope hasn’t done it in 600 …
Beware of the "Big Moments"
[Diary entry, May 2008] Though I started doing my “Cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” in December, 1997, it took me a few …
In Memoriam: Ed Koch, 1924-2013
[Buy the print here etc.] I was sad to learn that the former New York Mayor, Ed Koch passed away last week. To me, Koch was always THE New York …
The gapingvoid Tapestry
Tapestry, a wonderful little picture-storytelling app from NYC did a lovely job of capturing the backstory of my “I don’t have friends” piece, one of my …
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