Burning Questions: How Sarah Gerard Became a Published Author
We knew who represented our favorite writers—that says a lot of about a particular agent’s tastes, whether we thought they’d be interested in reading our work.
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Adventures in Screenprinting: Baboon Fiesta T-Shirts
Using a printer, paper, scissors and tape, I designed a shirt for Balloon Fiesta but called it Baboon Fiesta. Here’s a video of how we screenprinted them.
Want To Be Creative? Loosen Up Your Frontal Lobe
Neuropsychologist and professor of neurosurgery Rex Jung explains how creative people tend to have frontal lobes with lowered integrity. In a good way.
Fears I Overcame While Learning to Write
Today, most people know me for my professional demeanor and cool charm (yeah right). But I wasn’t always this way. When I started training as a professional journalist at the…
Get Into A Gallery With A Great First Impression
If your clothes are all stained and torn, your posture sucks and your attitude isn’t authentically charming, you’re an easy write-off.
Why I Didn’t Need Journalism School
I never considered journalism school. I just walked into the student newspaper, slammed my fist onto counter and said, “I wanna write for the paper!”
Austin’s Urban Planning Problem
It’s a surprise to see the instantaneous, not-well-thought-out response to residential real estate demand.
Jackie Battenfield: Make a Living Doing What You Love
“The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love” has been trumpeted as the bible of art career how-to.
How I Quit My Day Job to Be an Artist: Part 1
In this four-part series, I unpack how I went from corporate slavery to creative freedom by quitting my day job and investing in my art career.
Intro to the Temp Score
You can find instrumentalists for a cheaper rate if you find music students at your local university.
Artists & Dead Fish Belong in the City
Is that a guitar or is that a salmon. You know? It plays with your mind.
How to Be a Healthy Artist
the fact that I take preventative measures with my health makes me think I’m not crazy at all.
Every Artist Should Have a Box of Artist Tricks
Nothing streamlines productivity like organizing your supples into a container you can take anywhere.
Love’s Unloving Battlefield
This post, using Grenville Zuzax’s stand-up lament on marriage, is dedicated to the battle scars love leaves behind.
Happy Valentine’s Day from Sam Miller & the Whole Music Industry of Seattle
It’s fun to use lit cigarettes in photos with blue puffed-up smoke in the air swirling in front of a black backdrop.
It’s Valentine’s Day, and Painter Laila Cola Weeks’ Birthday
These works physically draw you in like they’re eye magnets, and then they become heart and brain magnets.