The site My Morning Routine asked me some questions about how I get my day started, and encouraged me to repost the answers here. Please note that this post is not intended to be prescriptive, but simply descriptive, a la Daily Rituals.
Retrospective
Last year, I wrote a piece about the importance of not spending all of December in retrospection. (One of Ed Ruscha’s friends once said to him, “I don’t want no retro spective.”) We still have 30 days or so left in the year. Make them count. Keep going!
Video of my Show Your Work! chalktalk
The folks at Confab just posted video of my chalktalk based on Show Your Work! It’s my last talk of the year, the culmination of all the speaking I’ve done for the past eight months or so. It’s about 50 minutes long, there’s a drawing lesson at 8:14, and the real meat of the talk begins around 13:44. Enjoy!
How to support an artist you love
Yesterday I was browsing the Instagram account of one of my favorite artists, and I was struck by how entitled a few of the comments from fans were. I was inspired to write down the guidelines above, not as an artist myself, but as a fan. A few notes:
1) “Give them money” is pretty self explanatory. The Renaissance had to be funded.
3) Send words of praise and encouragement, sure, but don’t feel that by supporting them you are automatically owed a response, or a personal relationship with them. Let their work be enough for you.
Most questions can be boiled down
Every time I hold office hours I am reminded that what most of us need is both a kick in the pants and a gentle nudge of encouragement.
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