So as you might have gathered from the title, this post falls solidly into the category of “shameless self-promotion…” But aside from that it is also a good chance for me to talk about tools in general, and the Cool Tools blog/podcast specifically. To get the self-promotion out of the …
Progress at a snail’s pace. Sometimes it can feel like the things I am working on are grinding on forever, it takes a lot of time for some of these ideas to manifest themselves fully, or even to the point where they are recognizable in some physical form… Shooting some …
I love teaching. Bearing witness to the failures and successes of students, seeing them work through frustration to something new is exhilarating, and in fact, energizes me to be more present and engaged in my own studio practice. I generally subscribe to Chuck Close’s philosophy on inspiration: Inspiration is for amateurs, …
I recently had a conversation with Doug Casebeer about what it is that I want for myself in the future. It was a rich conversation that reminded me of a few things, one of which is that part of the reason that I make work at all, that I …
