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Have you ever accidentally believed in yourself too much? I have a story about that. I think it’s a good thing to have realistic expectations. I, for example, am an extremely part-time artist, who makes an average of about 10 dollars a month. In a way, I almost think that’s fair. I do definitely workContinue reading “Jeff Bezos Owes me 67 cents”

One of my biggest revelations in my journey as an artist was also the thing that almost ended it. I’ll explain: I mean, this is a blog. Obviously I’ll explain. I’ll probably over-explain. That’s what you’re here for, isn’t it? Technology is fantastic. I hate it. Artists and creators have never had a more easy,Continue reading “You don’t have to be an artist”

Infinity is one of the scariest things I can think about. I can barely think about it at all. That’s what it feels like to be an artist sometimes. It feels like you have to pick something to make, out of all the infinite things that exist (or don’t exist) in the universe. What shallContinue reading “Small Universe”

I still don’t know how I do it. Sometimes, the art comes out of my fingers without me even thinking. Sometimes, I can spend hours, or even days agonizing about a project, or an idea, only to have it come out kind of… fine… but not particularly noteworthy. I‘d rather be abysmal than not particularlyContinue reading “Talk to yourself like an artist”

I’m going to tell you a story, that’s a little bit embarrassing and doesn’t really have anything to do with art. There’s a reason for it. It was horrifying at the time, but now it’s actually kind of funny. I was once in a very bad relationship. This was when I lived in South Korea.Continue reading “Thanks for the Chocolate and Napkins”

I have found it hard lately to make things and post things, what with everything that is going on in the world. Last week, an Asian friend of mine was harassed on the street. Some stupid jerk white person telling her to go back to her own country. This is her country. Hate crimes areContinue reading “Who cares about your dumb little drawings?”

Do you want to see a really bad painting of a cat? It would really help me out if you did. I have a lot of them (bad paintings, that is, not paintings of cats) and I’m sort of running out of things to show you. They say that magic is just science that weContinue reading “For the few times that it’s magic”

I have lived here forever. In the C.S. Lewis book, The Magician’s Nephew, there’s this scene that I think about all the time. The main character, Diggory, enters this place he later calls “the room within worlds.” He is not really looking for any magical place, but instead he is looking for his friend, Polly.Continue reading “In Case You Need Someone Else”

Peter, I want you to know that I’m doing fine, despite my best efforts to be sad and mopey. By the way, this post is for Peter Chung. I have no idea where he is . Last I heard, he was in India, and he had fallen in love. I sincerely hope that neither ofContinue reading “I just wish you would finish your work”

I was about 7 years old the first time I remember feeling inadequate. As an artist, that is… But I didn’t use the “A” word back then. Nor would I for at least another 2 decades. I had this friend whose name was Skip. Obviously, his real name wasn’t Skip. It was a nickname, asContinue reading “Are You an artist? (The wrong question, part 2)”