The Northampton Queen
Been too quiet on the illustration front lately. I’ve felt for a while now that there’s a breakthrough somewhere waiting to be found. If only I could be more open, diligent, exploratory, crazy, nosy, crafty, smarter, dumber, whatever, blah, blah, blah…
When is too much?
This blog may be but a wee toddler, but I’d like to throw the question out there and hope to start a discussion: what signals do you listen to that tell you if a project is too big, too small or just right?
Six Tears
The most valuable things I learned from growing up dazzled by the glare of stagelights have to do with understanding human nature. Linda Putnam, my theatre mentor, used to call actors “athletes of the heart,” and from everything I’ve learned in the intervening years… decades? Eek!… most of what I’ve learned about the human heart [...]
Into the gap
From a creative standpoint, there is great value in letting go, dropping preconceptions and leaping into the unknown.
Planning counter-obsolescence
So what happens when we’re finished with that pretty toy? What about the box it came in, or that bottle of pop? Do we design the label, shape or material with how it looks when tossed in the gutter in mind?
On creativity
Creativity & innovation. They’re only words, no more. Just like chicken, salad, and sandwich: words. So what do they mean? And why should you care?
Take the words chicken, salad, and sandwich. Individually, each conjures a different image. Put them together—especially without modifiers—and they conjure a fourth image. This capacity of the mind to not only [...]
About Cross-pollination
Cross-Pollination is about relationships. That is, the connections between things: between art and entrepreneurship, between dance and washing the dishes, or between drawing the human figure and writing expense reports.
author w/big dots
