Category: Inspiration

“It seems obvious that there comes a period in your life where you have to learn how to say no to things that you don’t want to do, but I think the biggest, trickiest lesson in holding onto the stalwart commitment to your creativity is learning how to say no to things you do want  Continue Reading »

So much fun. By the way, “curated” is such a great word. I know it’s getting curbludgeoned by overuse (I think I made that word up), but I will always love it. Almost as much as “cured”. Because cured reminds me of ham, which is delicious (on toast).

“I only think on the Internet anymore. My thinking is now divided into on the net and off the net. If I’m not on the net, I don’t think that much; when I’m on the net, I start to think. In this way, my thinking becomes always part of something else.” – Ai Weiwei, The  Continue Reading »

Image: David Seah “…the traditional date of January 1st for making resolutions is the worst time to do it. These days, the end of the year is when we are our most frazzled… So, on January 1st, I just start thinking about what happened last year. On February 2nd, this day of hopeful prognostication, I  Continue Reading »

“If we want to really show what design is and what it can do, we need to get design elevated to the partner level. Partners have major equity stakes, real decision-making power, and are involved in product development from the beginning. The design team must feel that it has both the authority to make product  Continue Reading »

Griping and complaining about the internet is like complaining that there is an entire city filled with people giving away free food (and paid food, but lots and lots and LOTS of free food). So I’ve decided to stop complaining about it and being a victim…of too much awesomeness. Sure some of the food’s bad,  Continue Reading »

John and I are big animation people. I love this time of year when all of the studios are sending John copies of their films from the past year, for his voting consideration. But this. This. It had me in tears. The inaugural short from Moonbot Studios is a celebration of a book-lover’s relationship with  Continue Reading »

I’m a homebody of the direst kind. I like to think it’s because I’m simply content where I am, but it might be that I have some kind of hermit gene. Anyway, these videos by Live the Language do just what they promise — make me want to pack my bags and try someplace new.  Continue Reading »

“I walked around in the world for a few years thinking,’This all happened so fast, I don’t know what I’m doing, and I have no legitimacy. I hadn’t gone to art school and hadn’t been doing art for very long. I had a lot of self-doubt about who I was and how I could identify  Continue Reading »

“I think when you’re an artist, you want to put your stuff out there just because of the exuberance of being creative, and then you feel bad about yourself. So I see that in Wayne’s work.” Matt Groening “Beauty is embarrassing.” “It’s beautiful out here. It’s so beautiful it hurts my feelings.” Wayne White Colleen  Continue Reading »