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The work of art
Ted Weinstein interviewed me for his new podcast, The Work Of Art.
In part one, we talked about limitations as a source of creativity, how to take more artistic risks, the value of old fashioned tools as well as social media to build community, and how to keep one’s art fresh:
In part two, we talked about why women artists are better role models for maintaining work-family balance, how to raise creative children, the value of sales and other business skills for artists, etc.:
Interview with The Writer Files
Interviews at BookCon 2015
Last weekend in NYC, PBS’ Book View Now interviewed me at BookCon 2015, and then asked if I would guest host and interview my friends Jessica Hagy and Elle Luna about their work. I had a lot of fun—I like interviewing and would like to do more of it.
Video of my interview:
Tufte
I first read Edward Tufte’s books in 2006 when I was a 23-year-old librarian who didn’t even know there was such a thing as a designer. (Here are the maps I drew of Beautiful Evidence and Envisioning Information.) The books had a big impact on me, so much so that I applied to Carnegie Mellon’s information design program. (I got in, but wound up moving to Texas and becoming a web designer instead.)
Last weekend I had some Tex-Mex with E.T. and walked around the alleys of Austin taking photos of found paintings left by the Austin Public Works department:
The next day I sat in on his famous day-long course and filled probably sixty notebook pages:
Dear 23-year-old me: your life is pretty cool. Keep drawing.
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