Letters About The Creative Process
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061 / Once Through, Cleanly
Some solid advice from designer Frank Chimero on how to make the most progress in the early stages of a project.
059 / Ink And Gifts
Your hand-painted postcards are on their way! Here’s a step-by-step process of how I made them.
058 / A Kind of Aliveness I Live For
A crucial distinction for all artists - you don’t think in order to draw, you draw in order to think.
056 / Negative Capability
On the inevitable uncertainty of making art and how filling sketchbook pages is helping me to tolerate it.
054 / Rock, Chalk and Ink
You share your advice on keeping a daily sketchbook practice and I try to do some simple drawing exercises.
053 / Fill Sketchbooks!
My plan for 2020 is to fill as many sketchbooks as I can, starting with filling pages of collage. Plus some advice on keeping a sketchbook.
051 / Banksy And The King
A story about the time Banksy squared off against London’s greatest graffiti artist - and lost.
049 / A Story About The Universe
I believe that when you move towards your dreams, the universe will move with you. I see evidence of this everywhere.
046 / Residency
Artists residencies are a great way to find focus - but you don’t have to wait to be invited to one!
045 / Goals vs Systems
A radical rethink of how to achieve your goals, thanks to James Clear’s new book Atomic Habits
033 / As The Electromagnetic Pulse Ripped Through The City, He Saw It Was All For Nothing
When I’m not scared of losing my life’s work, I think about destroying it.
030 / A New Film I'm Proud Of
A behind-the-scenes look at a new film I’ve made for The New York Times - plus some exciting news about a film I directed last year!
