my index card system for productivity.
The system I developed for staying productive and doing the work that matters to me, using one index card per week.
notebook.
the dark night of [your project’s] soul
I think most of us are familiar with the experience of “the dark night of the soul” – that place where nothing …
layering flavors.
When I started painting, I felt like I picked up the skill quicker than I should have. This is probably related to …
i have nothing to say about the meta paintings.
I am working on a new style called meta painting (which I’m doing in parallel with my coloring pages), but a full description …
you mean it takes HOW MANY years?!
to become a professional doctor / violinist / painter / writer / engineer?! Well it’s too late for me because in X years …
my favorite tools: 2020 edition
Being an INTJ, the only things I truly love in this world are my tools. These are the 20 things that make …
life as a series of inputs and outputs.
I tend to think of life as a magic box that takes inputs, does stuff, and delivers the output on the other …
chasing down the propylene glycol.
Have you ever woke up in the middle of the night and wondered why kitchen sponges stay moist in the bags, but …
training your madness.
“I myself have trained everyday in an effort to get close to this madness”
just keep getting better.
A look at Lichtenstein’s early work… how much his process evolved over the 1960s… and why this inspires me to keep progressing and getting better.
beginning the ‘coloring pages.’
I have been working on a new artistic style for well over a year now and I’m finally getting it to the …
i have been vegan for 10 years. here are my 10 biggest takeaways.
[I originally posted this over on my food blog but I wanted to share it here as well. tl;dr: switching to a …
now vs forever.
I tend to see these two things as mutually exclusive. Last month, an artist had someone duct tape a banana onto a …
pretend you’re in jail.
Last year I read the book Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and overall I thought it was kind of dry and 400 pages …
101 ways to ditch art school and still become a successful creative genius.
My free 12,500-word guide featuring 101 ways to succeed as a creative professional & achieve your artistic dreams without going to art school.
art is a mirror.
If you ever find yourself struggling to understand what a piece of art is supposed to “mean,” you can try out my …
i’m posting every day in 2020…
I just finished a 365-day challenge where I kept a journal of appreciation every day of 2019. At some point during each …
some big sur wallpapers.
All I ever really want is to be in Big Sur. This is a collection of free wallpapers from photos I took on various trips up and down the central coast.