January 2012
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“I like to say that art/design is like learning a language, it’s not how fluent...”
– Jeff Finley, “Is Drawing Ability Important?” →
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WatchThe Girl That Sees Movies Everywhere, by animator Rodrigo Leme.
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A quick guide to getting your first (good) tattoo
New work done by Cary at Memento Tattoo on 24 January 2012.
I have a few tattoos. Not a ton, but enough and over long enough period of time that I’ve learned a bit about the process, and enough that I’m often asked by friends and acquaintances, many of whom are not tattooed, about it. I think there is a lot of unfortunate misinformation about tattoos out there, and I have decided opinions...
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WatchThe Hold Steady - specifically Craig Finn’s talent for character and narrative - brought me back to creating fiction after years of not doing so. There is even a minor character in the my alternate writing universe named, “Finn.” It’s interesting how one medium can influence another. I’ve always felt Springsteen’s Nebraska had as much impact on my writing as any...
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“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me … they live in their heads....”
– Steve Wozniak, The Rise of the New Groupthink
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“In the bar I told Dean, ‘Hell, man, I know very well you didn’t come...”
– Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman’s 2012 benediction → 