I stepped out of my house after 10 days. I have been so scared since the beginning of the pandemic that I had totally locked myself inside my house, more accurately, my room. Today I had to make an hour-long phone call in the afternoon and decided to step out
[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
[Read more]I have started watching documentaries in my late teen years. And I have quite a few favorites out of them. Pete Souza’s new documentary will be at the top of my list for quite sometime now. I am not an American (however, the results of the American Presidential Election has
[Read more]Whether a teacher or a student, you will have your share of disappointments along with the pleasures of making art. How you deal with them is the key to an engaging career.
[Read more]“Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb).” –Austin Kleon, The Noun and the Verb I think this is one of the most brutal motivators for any artist. Often times, we get so caught
[Read more]“What is originality? Undetected Plagiarism.” – William Ralph Inge Before I first started using my DSLR camera, I had already gone through thousands of pictures on Google Images and Shutterstock. Nowadays, I find myself burdened with the concept of originality: my unique style. But three years ago I was excited
[Read more]Seth Godin writes in his blog, A COMMITMENT TO POSSIBILITY: “The person who invented the ship also invented the shipwreck.” You are delusional if you want your project to execute without any negative consequences. It’s good to better yourself, but aiming for perfection is a fool’s venture. I am a
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