In a cold winter Nebraska, full of below zero temps, freezing rain, blustery winds, and snowy snow, it was easy to hibernate. It was easy to get tired of trudging through the muck and the grime as one snow blast melted away right before another pounded down. Tired of layering up to go into the office, tired of the wind making your face hurt, tired of almost falling on an icy sidewalk. So yeah, I have no qualms with having been a hermit for most of the winter, fireside. Not working too hard, not pushing it, not go-go-go. As the winter appears to be letting up, maybe you’ll see me around more. And maybe not, who knows.
What should you be?
Don’t be trendy. Be relevant.
FORGE: Create
For the last few months, I’ve been saying NO to a lot of stuff. Can’t do that talk, can’t do this review, can’t make it that other thing. But I did say yes to FORGE. A session on how the creative process is a process within a process. Myself, Nicolas Frederickson, and Mike and Patty Malone will offer our insights into creativity in a discussion-heavy format to a group of young design students eager to learn.
How to design a poster
Procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate, just get in there and fucking do it, done. And that, my friends, is graphic design.
Trying to see the future
Mired in this shit, it can feel hopeless. Falling back on tired ways of feeling cynical, scared, and at a loss. Beaten down, pushed aside, silenced. These American days are full of division, hate, suspicion, weakness, fear, lies, and what leads to a base level impulse to want to build a wall. A wall to keep out others. A wall to hold tight to our small view of the world. But this, at some point, has to stop. Doesn’t it? How far into the future do we have to look? How far can we see? When do we get there? When is it realized?
Sonic Youth
“People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.”
– Thurston Moore, 1991: The Year Punk Broke
Bad at buggin’
I’m not good at hounding people for stuff. If someone isn’t going to get back to me, I’ll just move on to people who are more responsive.
