Life – Page 2 of 14
Blog posts about life, art, and everything.
Enjoy a break now and then
February 3, 2024 | Miscellany
This watercolour drawing of Francis the sheep sitting on a rock eating a sandwich reminds of this discarded lyric from Fitter Happier by Radiohead: Fitter, healthier and more productiveA sheepOn a rockEating a sammich None of this is true. But! Fresh air and a walk is good for creative thought, and it’s generally free, so […]
Kurt Vonnegut on authenticity
February 1, 2024 | Miscellany
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night This just popped in my mind today for some reason. Maybe I need to read Mother Night again. The girls have been telling us stories of other kids doing weird things at school, […]
Oscar Wilde on imitation
January 12, 2024 | Miscellany
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. Oscar Wilde I hadn’t read the entirety of this Oscar Wilde quote before. I feel like the last bit, which is always omitted, is kind of contextually important.
Fish atop a tower of rocks
December 3, 2023 | Miscellany
Still digging through some old doodles.
Robot with a Napoleon complex
November 5, 2023 | Miscellany
It’s not that robot thinks he’s better than you. He doesn’t think about you at all.
Yes, and…it’s a crow in an army helmet
October 3, 2023 | Miscellany
I was writing about how I had nothing to write about, so just enjoy this silly illustration of a crow in an army helmet, but then that reminded of something to write about and so now I’m writing about that.
Little voices can suck it
September 9, 2023 | Miscellany
It’s amazing how convincing those little voices can be. They don’t even exist! How do they have so much control over my creative output?
Art and sausages and probably aliens
August 28, 2023 | Miscellany
This year for my birthday I decided to not be a depressing sack of gravel and actually enjoy life.
Firing on one cylinder
August 12, 2023 | Miscellany
Creative malaise creeps in with cat-like efficiency, a million tiny unseen movements by a living statue, completely unnoticed until it’s suddenly asleep in your lap.
