Art Supply House & Custom FramingThese posts were weekly emails and are archived here for any sort of future reference
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. ~ Ernest Hemingway I recently read an email that Steve Jobs sent to himself, remarking on how much we all need each other. Here is what he said: I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I […]
The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself…That is the moment, you might be starting to get it right. ~ Neil Gaiman I always find it interesting to think […]
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. ~ Raymond Joseph Teller, one half of the magic duo Penn & Teller, on the process of mastery I was recently watching a world class guitar player being interviewed. During the conversation they handed him an 80ish year old […]
In the attitude of silence, the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. ~ Mahatma Gandhi I recently read an article by someone who runs every day, and cherishes the process – because that time running is time purely for themself. I loved that […]
The world is but a canvas to our imagination. ~ Henry David Thoreau Over the last couple of weekends I’ve helped neighbors with a few different projects. At least twice I was asked if I was an engineer after I made a suggestion. I had to chuckle. Nope, I’m an artist. Not all artists have […]
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~ Maya Angelou In last week’s email I shared a bunch of artists and their projects, in addition to a few fun links. I made it through about half of (one of) my artist-to-share lists and thought that I would do the […]
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent Van Gogh In last week’s email I mentioned “creative debt” and the collection of projects and materials that build up over time. In each week’s email I share an artist or two’s work… but each week I add somewhere between a […]
In order for creativity to flourish, it needs space. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert In computer programming, there’s a term called “technical debt,” which refers to the accumulation of suboptimal code that occurs over time as a project develops. This happens when new features are added on top of existing ones without properly addressing the underlying code […]
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. ~ Steve Jobs This is a peek behind the scenes of creating this weekly email. Something catches my attention and I noodle on it. Disparate things […]
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. ~ Edgar Degas I remember reading James Gurney say, “I’m more interested in the commonplace subjects that we screen out of our visual awareness, such as parking lots, supermarket interiors, gas stations and back alleys. They’re not mundane for me. They have a […]