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Important / Interesting vs. Boring / Bullshit
Explanation of Above and Below 2026 edition I don’t remember exactly when or why it was brought to my attention but it was. I do know I was still in school at MICA and I also remember who brought it up to me. Eva Wyle, a professor at MCIA, is the individual who first told…
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Finding Balance (or something like that)
This is for me, personally. There is a need for balance in life. There are many different aspects to be balanced, and while certain ones are balanced others are simultaneously thrown into imbalance. There is no way I have found for everything in my life to be in accord with everything else. There is a…
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2026 Goals
Two years ago I set out on a completely unreasonable journey for my new years resolutions. They were so far overreaching that it was hilarious. It demanded a level of productivity from me that I haven’t had since I was in school, and probably not even then. Completely unobtainable. Then last year I just didn’t…
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Avoidance
I have been avoiding making anything serious for a while now. Hiding from the need to be creative because… why? I have been asking myself this question for months, years, and still have no real or even half way decent answer. I have been hiding in media consumption. Books, games, audiobooks, news articles, social media,…
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Prompt
This weeks blog prompt is “What have you been working on?” and it’s really the only one I’ve found relevant to my life. So it’s the first one i’m going to use for an entry. For the past few weeks or so I’ve been working on more bonsai watercolors. There you have it, the shortest…
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Creativity vs Generativity
Creativity and Generativity are wildly different concepts and practices. To make something just for the sake of making something without any real thought or passion and / or just to make a quick buck is generativity. One generates a thing for a specific and artless purpose. As they say “trained rats could do that” or…
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House of Leaves pt. 2
I have passed this volume onto my teenaged nephew via his mother, my sister-in-law. I’m not sure how good or bad of an idea that was. Only time will tell. I just needed the thing out of my hands, out of my house, out of my control. The whole thing was out of control. I…
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House (Contains Spoilers)
One may ask: “Where have you been?” Or perhaps: “What have you been doing” Maybe even: “Are you dead?” I’ll answer these in reverse order. I can say for pretty sure that I’m not dead, not a zombie, not some other kind of undead creature. And as for doing? Well, I’ve been reading a hell…
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Boy howdy
It has been a long time since I’ve been here doing the thing. It’s been over two months and I’ve barely had time to put pen to paper or fingers to keys. I have been making. Not much. But some. Really, I’ve been reading a massive book and loving it. I have been saying to…
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Creation in Isolation VS a Vacuum
Ex nihilo nihil fit-Latin saying I have a fairly good size print that says just that. Actually, I have a whole mess of “Phrase Prints” left over from my thesis at MICA. Too many to count. I really want to find one of this phrase and hang it up on my wall somewhere. Make a…
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