Here is Mary Oliver reading the full version of her poem, “Wild Geese”: ~ Antid Oto – italian for antidote – was one of Leon Trotsky‘s earliest pen names. I also love the Malay word for it: penawar. A few months ago, I started taking regular walks and making drawings afterwards as a way to deal… Read more
While facing a difficult project, a notebook can be an imaginary friend – a way for the mind to talk to itself so it can find out where it needs to go. The way cannot be found by thinking, only by making. I owe so many of these ideas and methods to Lynda Barry’s books… Read more
Antid Oto – italian for antidote – was one of Leon Trotsky‘s earliest pen names. I also love the Malay word for it: penawar. A few months ago, I started taking regular walks and making drawings afterwards as a way to deal with worry, procrastination, hopelessness, writer’s block, internet rage, and digital distraction. I’ll post… Read more
I spent last New Year’s Eve alone at my drawing table, drinking whiskey and copying sea animals into my sketchbook. The idea was that I would cross the threshold of the new year doing the thing I hoped to be doing for the next 12 months. By way of that self-fulfilling prophecy, 2014 became the year… Read more
I am giving a talk at New Era College next week on the subject of ‘Fear and Art’ – something I know well and have thought alot about. The talk is for students only, but I’ll blog the hand-drawn slides and a summary later. Follow me on Tumblr to see things in progress. What does fear have… Read more
