Who knew, sometimes, inaccurate drawings are actually more helpful! Robin Sloan writes about the fun and function of oblique drawings.
Category: art
A favorite Etsy store
Janet Hill Studio has the most gorgeous, detailed and off-kilter prints and books. I just bought two prints and had to stop myself from buying ten more.
Five Perfect Quotes
“Each obligation on its own seemed laughably easy. It was the sheer volume that threatened to bury her.” “She was all-powerful when she knew without doubt that she was in the right. But how often did you know for sure that you were right? Hardly ever.” “The three of them laughed that self-satisfied middle-aged-woman laugh… Continue reading Five Perfect Quotes
To be of use
The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy… Continue reading To be of use
Untitled
She wants a house full of cups and the ghosts of last century’s lesbians; I want a spotless apartment, a fast computer. She wants a woodstove, three cords of ash, an axe; I want a clean gas flame. She wants a row of jars: oats, coriander, thick green oil; I want nothing to store. She… Continue reading Untitled
When Battery Park City was a wheat field in 1982
In 1982, the artist Agnes Denes planted two acres of wheat on landfill that would become Battery Park City…
Shadow Puppetry
https://kottke.org/21/06/edo-period-shadow-puppetry-woodblock-prints
The Wife
“My wife would be a much better writer than me. But she has no desire to be out in the world. You have to find a way to not let it take too much out of you.” -Austin Kleon
Communicating Quietly
“Art is my way of communicating quietly.” – an unknown book designer, as remembered/overheard by Austin Kleon