Last Sunday I shared a preview of an interview with an illustrator and graphic designer who I’ve known for a quite a few years. She is one of my personal inspirations and she regularly sets a high standard for commitment to her craft. When I become a parent one day, I can only hope to be…
Zoos are controversial, apparently. Some people think that we shouldn’t cage animals, like at all. Because of a few different reasons of course. And they just might be right. Captivity can make animals unstable. Zoochosis is a condition where some animals pace back and forth, others injure themselves, and the rest seem to move their heads…
I know what you’re thinking. How can making art be dangerous timotheories? But what if you wanted to cut a piece of wood? Or lift some clay bigger than 25 pounds? What if you decided to use aerosol cans to seal your work? Believe it or not art can be dangerous. Art can be dangerous,…
When given the space to work, we are capable of incredible things. So how is it that skin and gender are still considered barriers to greatness? Hidden Figures (2016) Cast: Taraji P. Hensen, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell Director: Theodore Melfi re-released on blu-ray April 11,…
Death and sleep. I don’t know how I manage to link up these themes so easily, but maybe it’s just my nature to find patterns where others would rather enjoy the state of rest. A departure from the waking state would serve us all well. Wilsen – I Go Missing In My Sleep released April…
Outsourcing has become a major way to do business in the age of communication. And as Ferris Bueller once said, Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it. What that means for artists, is that it’s actually in our best interest to embrace the idea of outsourcing….
This post is filler. I didn’t know what to write about on Thursday, so I decided to do some research and learn about a Canadian national holiday – Victoria Day. It’s a statutory holiday for us Canucks, but not too many of us know what it’s about. So here is a list of twelve things…
This is a story in progress. It’s not finished yet because… well, I’m not dead. That’s what I said the first time around, when I wrote the that initial entry on one of my personal heroes, Arnold Schwarzenegger. And I have gotten better since December, I’ve slowly but surely increased my capacity for greatness – through…
Imagine a scenario where you grew up with a loving family, and you were headed into a stable career with the love of good partner. But then you remembered you were lost, and in fact, adopted. Lion (2016) Cast: Sunny Pawar, Abhishek Bharate, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Divian Ladwa, Rooney Mara Director: Garth Davis re-released…
You only get one shot at life, and sometimes the kid with the most problems ends up being the adult that saves the day, over and over again. Like a fine wine, it is only with age that they continue to become better versions of themselves. Willie Nelson – God’s Problem Child released April 28, 2017…