There’s a great article in Slate [Thanks to Austin Kleon for the link] about how a lot of famous artists managed to still do their …
The "B-Book". A new book medium in the making?
[THOUGHTS ON THE B-BOOK FORMAT] We have hardback books, we have paperback books, we have Kindle books, we have e-books, we have iBooks… I’ve had …
"The New Certainties": Minimalism, Motivational Speakers & Looking For New Stuff To Believe In etc.
[The “Hughtrain” cartoon, 2004] I’ve been seeing a pattern emerging. Here are some of the main ingredients: 1. That Marfa, Texas, one of the great …
Creativity Comes After The Fact
The cartoon above came to me after a Twitter exchange I had with my good friend, the fellow cartoonist-writer-creativity-guru-ninja-whatever, Austin Kleon: Hugh: If all your …
How To Really Use The Internet
I remember my first really big Internet “A-Ha!” moment like it was yesterday. It was about a decade ago, just after the DotCom crash, around …
why most artists’ blogs fail
By “artist’s blog” I mean, a personal blog by an artist, not a blog about “Art” per se. I read a couple of artists’ blogs. …