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What advice do you have for all the illustrators out there who are developing their style?

Don’t ask your parents or closest friends if they like it. No seriously: Find a thing that you’re crazy about or well-versed in outside of illustration, and create a personal project of 20 illustrations based on that thing. Make it the best thing you can do.... See more

“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”

many people “do not want to think critically about the things they consume” and feel that “if they absorb any criticism about the things they consume it will magically ruin their enjoyment of them.” When we chatted about the role of criticism on a (fun, lightly gossipy) video call this month, she added that saying a piece of art is bad isn’t saying... See more

Ingredients:

6 large server farm raised eggs

2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra

3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..

0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old... See more

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

Creative excellence is ineffable. When you see something that resonates, you’ll know  —  it will hold a mysterious, irrational power over you. That's as close to a definition as I can get: Something that moves me. It can come from anywhere; a weird combination of words, a stupid joke, the bright sound of a French horn, the way a piece of wood

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See enough and write it down, I tell myself, and then some morning when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I am only going through the motions of doing what I am supposed to do, which is write — on that bankrupt morning I will simply open my notebook and there it will all be, a forgotten account with accumulated interest, paid passage... See more