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Why Criticism Still Matters
Critics used to play an important role in popular culture. But many people think we’re better off without them....
Critics used to play an important role in popular culture. But many people think we’re better off without them....
Much of internet culture was built on the idea that curation was as important as content creation. This was...
Here’s my latest reading list from the month of May, with some poetry, memoir, art history, and brain science.
Art is transformative. Nowhere is this more evident than in the idea of sympathetic magic which can help us...
Fenton Johnson’s book, At The Centre Of All Beauty, explores the intersection of solitude, art, and creativity. The chapter...
We tend to treat being angry as a thing to be avoided. But anger and creativity can be...
Many of us wish we were more efficient and productive. It’s why ideas from business creep into our conversations...
Picasso is famous for his art. But, seeing his work over and over again reminds us of something...
As part of learning to live with recovery I made this piece of art which is now available as...
Something small and personal from my Tokyo studio. Personal reflections on the last season of life with new...
Recently I was asked to talk to a group of high school Art and Design students about photography, on...
Last week I added “exhibited calligrapher” to my list of achievements. My art school held a major exhibition at...
Last week I enjoyed a short, relaxing stay in Inawashiro, a beautiful and dramatic area in the mountains north...
The USA has elected a dangerously unqualified fool as leader of the free world. We will have to consider...
Yesterday was a modest day. After the last couple of weeks, which were full of interruptions, plans gone awry...
Yesterday I took my first Japanese Calligraphy lesson. There I was, the only non-Japanese in a class of five,...