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Favorite picks from The Armory Show
I just returned from this year's Armory Show. Wow, that place is crazy. An overwhelmingly huge warehouse of identical white cubes stuffed with art. It's a gallery on steroids. And beside my very ... Read More
Getting past the overly-familiar
Certain scenes are so popular in nature photography, that their popularity drains them of any emotional significance. After years of seeing the work of Ansel and his imitators, I had felt this way about Yosemite. Over-familiarity had bred an indifferent attitude in me. I had ... Read More
Named nominee in abstract for Photography Masters Cup
Ah, some good news for the middle of the week. I have learned that my photograph "Mask" was nominated in the Abstract catagory for this ... Read More
Nikon announces best micro photos
Nikon just announced the winners of their "Best Microscopic Images of 2008" competition. I love and am fascinated by micro photography, but often it can look too... clinical and scientific. This year however, wow, there are some beautiful works of art in this group. ... Read More
Fear, creativity, and the stock market
While continuing our conversation on creativity and fear continues over on this post, I realized that the recent insanity in the stock market gives us as artists a good lesson on the nature of fear. ("What?," you say, "artists learning from.. the stock market?" ... Read More
Conversation on creativity and fear
Two years ago I wrote about the relationship between creativity and fear. This past weekend, the conversation got reignited by a couple new visitors to my blog, and we've been having an interesting discussion about it. Check it out and join in!
failing in order to succeed
Mark Graf found some videos of Ira Glass of This American Life giving advice to people who want to create stories. He's good some very down-to-earth advice that I think applies to all creative people and artists. One idea he stresses is that you ... Read More
art for the eyes and ears
In my last post, I ranted a bit about how artists are expected to be "deep", while musicians are allowed to just play. Zak commented that he thought this could be because of a key difference between visual art and music:
"...music takes place over ... Read More
I ain’t that deep (a mini-rant)
Why are visual artists always expected to have a deep pyschological or political meaning behind their art, while musicians are allowed to just play and enjoy the act of making music?
Thank you Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away. I know that a lot of people dismiss D&D as a joke, something that geeks should be embarrassed about. ... Read More