This drawing started off as a pun. A literal roof over your head - cue the laughter! But it didn’t seem that interesting to me when it came time to ink it. So I added another wrinkle: making it a book that looks like a roof (and vice versa). I … [Continue reading]
I think a lot about hamster wheels these days. For some who loves to research and research and research some more (did I say ‘research’?), it’s easy to misunderstand action for wheel-spinning. When I look back fifteen years of learning about … [Continue reading]
The thing about sour grapes is that you have to be vulnerable to create them. You have to really reach for them. I imagine it like you’re reaching for something you really want and it’s up really high, so high you’re on your tippy toes, your stomach … [Continue reading]
At any concert you attend, you’re likely to see an electric guitar weaving in and out of the music. Sometimes playing rhythm. Sometimes a ridiculously skilled lead solo, reaching for the upper limits of virtuosity without crashing into the melodic … [Continue reading]
Whenever I think about making or holding space for others, I think about carpentry. I dream of simple tables made with simple materials, products of the middle ground between utility and artistry. Sometimes they’re stained. Sometimes they’re bare, … [Continue reading]