The Life of an Artist…
is full of ups and downs. Over the last few months mine has been in the fucking downs.
I hear tell that this isn’t an uncommon phenomena for other artists and creatives of all stripes: to be riding high, feeling your work, knowing your path, then to have it all come crashing down in a frantic melee of self doubt, questioning everything you do and hating everything you make.
This also wouldn’t be the first time I’ve gone through this either. Each and every time it sucks and as I get older I get knocked down harder by these times as I have this unrelenting feeling of time slipping through my fingers…
Well, that’s fun.
The Return of the Newsletter
I guess something I missed was writing these posts/newsletters, so here I am, bring this back.
I don’t think I’ll continue them the same way as before, essentially sending one out every time I shared a new piece of art. I’ll likely still post my art here when it happens, but won’t send it out as an email. I think these will take on more of an update, brain-dumping, recap, sort of thing. Or at least that’s how I envision it now. I like the idea of these being more like “issues” or zines, or something like that.
Corporate Word Vomit
Inspired by the inane use of words that corporate offices use with such horrendous precision, the latest strip of MIDDLE AGE PUNK shares my feelings on said language.
What’s your least favorite workplace term? I have many but these were the three that sprang to mind first, conjuring up memories of chinless art directors and corporate stooges who’ve flagrantly hurled these wretched and reductive terms at me over my time the working world.
The Cool Shit I Find Around Places
I also missed sharing the things I’ve been enjoying, weird shit I’ve seen, things that pertain to my interests, and other rando shit that I think is rad in some capacity. So I’m bring that back, starting… now
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
A beautiful, inspiring, and heart-wrenching book about video games, creativity, collaboration, and the presence of time.
The Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories High
Pure and simple, middle-aged, punk rock that pulls at the heartstrings.
A bunch of quotes from artists about how finding a style isn’t even that important.
That’s it For Now
Thanks for sticking with me and reading all this.