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Category: Journal
The Complete New Yorker DVD Set
I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and a consistent thing in my childhood, was that there was always a New Yorker magazine lying around. As a kid I would pick them up and read them out of boredom. I was initially interested in the cartoons, and sometimes the ads, which were minimal. I…
Closed my Etsy Shop
Why does the Internet influence us to commoditize our hobbies and our passions? I have been so guilty of falling under this influence and its time to reign that in. That’s not to say turning your passion into a business is a bad thing. It’s just that the Internet is so crowded with people and companies that…
Heart Painting Ideas
Back with another art marketing idea. Heart Painting Ideas is a trending search term on Pinterest. I love the idea of making simple paintings using the heart as subject matter. My internal art critic (and an actual art professor I had back in the 90’s) says, “Hearts? How contrived.” But if Jim Dine can do…
Web Designer Drop Out
One thing I did last year (that distracted me from making art) was to go back and read my old journals. I’ve been journalling since I was 14 or 15, so there’s a lot to read through. Here’s something I wrote on June 13, 2002: I’ve been thinking that maybe it’s time to eliminate web…
Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?
In January I was thinking a lot about my phone and social media addiction. I wondered how I could curtail these things without giving them up entirely. Then somehow these videos about the attention economy appeared in my timeline. I’ve watched all of them, and I’ve been thinking about the content of them continuously. To…
Notes from an Art Class in 1998
The following are some short notes I took at a painting class on September 30, 1998. The place was the Maryland College of Art (MICA), and this was a night class that was part of the continuing education program. We would bring our paintings in and group critique them, and the rest of the time…