My birthday started out a bit rough but I ended up going to the Arthur Sackler Museum at Harvard.1 I was surprised to see Light Prop For An Electric Stage by László Moholy-Nagy there. I have long been a fan of his work, particularly his collages, but had never seen anything of his in person.
- I had also never used the wonderful free passes that our library system has. One person per day can borrow a pass to a local museum and two people can get in free. Basically awesome.
MONSTERS OF MY TWENTIES by Grant Snider
…when I ink for watercolouring, I simply don’t make any mistakes that need whiting out. It’s a trick of the mind. If I can do this for the watercolour drawings, why can’t I do it for the mechanical method? Who knows. All I know is that if I am allowed to make mistakes I will make them — if I can’t, I won’t.
— Seth, via John Martz’s Notebook
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between “putting the finishing touches” on something and “destroying it”.
— Matt Tavares
Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity: Be intensely yourself. Don’t try to be outstanding; don’t try to be a success; don’t try to do pictures for others to look at - just please yourself.
— Ralph Steiner via hrrrthrrr
Anaithnid Games - On Being "Amateur"
You can’t really succeed at what you love, do what you care about, without embracing it.
