Bullet: observation

Watercolour painting has forced me to become more patient than I’m used to. I’m used to pushing through. I’m used to getting stuff done sequentially and quickly. I’m used to checking off items from a to do list to complete a task. But then I paint. Watercolour sometimes forces you to sit and (literally) wait

Almost everyone is talking about or writing about AI these days, and in particular with regards to things like the arts the latest generation of artificial intelligence tools are creating a massive shockwave of speculation and curiosity. This morning I watched a demo reel from a gaming engine company for their newest updates to an

I sometimes see artists depicted in film, fiction and media and consistently those artists tend to be singularly focused on a single point of inspiration. They draw a thing. Not things. A thing. It makes me wonder, as I search each day for something unique and interesting to draw, if I need to focus more

I dabble in a lot of artistic stuff. I’ve been painting and posting it here, sure, but I have also been writing, taking photos, making short videos that I post on Youtube, and delving into the culinary “arts” as I bake and do other interesting things. I’m still struggling with the unanswerable question of whether

Some days you need to just put aside time to do maintenance. On your tools. On your supplies. On yourself. As a guy who runs multiple websites, I need to set aside time once per month or so to do routine upgrades on the software, clean up log files, and make sure all these systems