Want to be more productive next year? Get a wall calendar. For big, important creative work, not just the day-to-day meetings and appointments, a paper wall calendar is a simple, visual tool that helps you plan, gives you concrete goals, and keeps you on track. The comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a wall calendar method
[Read more]Why Do I Love Listening To Podcasts? There is more variety than ever! Whether you are interested in psychology, World War II, Photography, or politics, there is something for everyone. It allows hand-free learning while I do some other work. It’s free! I can listen to all the podcasts I
[Read more]Yesterday I wrote a blog article What To Show | Show Your Work where I made a list of the things that I am planning to share on this blog. Taking the first step, today I decided to share how I take notes. A few weeks back, I drew my
[Read more]SHOW YOUR WORK by Austin Kleon is one of the books that I am reading right now. I am presently using it as a guide to building this blog. Here is a list of things to show: Work in progress Pictures of studio Influences and inspirations Tools used Research and
[Read more]I look for inspiration for my blog in every possible corner, and reading other people’s blog is just a part of the process. I bet all of these blogs are wildly popular and you probably read them too. Still, I don’t see any harm in sharing this one more time.
[Read more]I was just having a conversation with one of my seniors from college. He has just started exploring his interest in photography and was showing me a few pictures he clicked with the camera in his mobile phone. Then he said, he will learn photography from me once he buys
[Read more]My journal entry from 13 May, 2020: Slowing down is the key to maintaining progress – deliberately take breaks to slow down at different points of the year. Several of our BIG life problems go away just by taking care of your physical body (even if the ego says that
[Read more]A few of my favorites from Seth Godin’s blog: What to do next This is the most important decision in your career (or even your day). It didn’t used to be. What next used to be a question answered by your boss or your clients. With so many opportunities and so many
[Read more]Excerpt from Rob Walker’s Book: The Art Of Noticing GEORGE NELSON’S best image collection may have been a set of numbers that he turned into a slide show. “Finding numbers in the urban landscape is very easy, and looking for them is a good eye-sharpening exercise,” he wrote. His slide
[Read more]KRAZY: I have to finish 64,239 projects and publish them before I die. IGNATZ: You do not have enough time to do them. KRAZY: I guess not. It scares me that people will not comprehend my work. IGNATZ: They did in the case of other artists. KRAZY: Maybe no artist
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