‘How to raise a baby’ was great on my iPad. I want to try it on my phone now. As a book maker I think about page turns, digital comics lose that… but there is the possibility of so many new surprises.
I wonder if the art form is reaching maturity or will it always be a novelty…
RE bad assery: Our local Next Door app lit up with righteous complaints when Bad Ass Coffee opened a little shop nearby. So thanks for the Izmo link, which I've now sent on to my kids. It was hi-larious.
What a great piece on Kim Deal... we're thinking of going to see her in Seattle when she plays. I saw the Pixies in 1987 when I was living in Montréal. Kim Deal walked out with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth and blew the room away, the epitome of cool. God I loved her (LOVE HER!)
Love the connection to the infinite canvas. This year I drew a lot on Procreate (on my iPad) instead of my paper sketchbook. At some point I discovered the magic of the infinite canvas - it was such a big artistic leap for me that allowed me to stay in flow without thinking of physical boundaries.
I think I am going to try your social media plan. Only reading in the evening and eat breakfast before you check into that social media world. (I may make an exception to checking the weather online).
I shared that piece of writing advice (I like Substack’s way of quote sharing) and have gotten quite a few likes and laughs reactions. I’m happy that I get to have my ass in chair to work on my writing for the day. Don’t have to head to the office.
“Hierarchy of paper”—that’s perfect! I have a hierarchy of pens and pencils, more than paper. Blue ballpoints (Bic Crystals mostly) for really good thinking and brainstorming, Blackwing or Staedtler fine point pencils for annotating books I’m reading, Stabilo markers for journaling. Any old pen for unimportant notes. I suppose I have an order for paper—legal pads for important brainstorming, interviews, sermon prep. I keep trying composition notebooks, but I enjoy flipping pages up. Legal pads don’t feel as confined.
Steve Tomlinson is amazing, even when he’s teaching church finances to aspiring clergy at the seminary in Austin. I sat in on a class during alumni week last month.
I’m pulling Keep Going off my shelf; I’m in need of some encouragement.
‘How to raise a baby’ was great on my iPad. I want to try it on my phone now. As a book maker I think about page turns, digital comics lose that… but there is the possibility of so many new surprises.
I wonder if the art form is reaching maturity or will it always be a novelty…
I agree with your news break! And I never look at news in the morning. Such a negative way to begin the day.
RE bad assery: Our local Next Door app lit up with righteous complaints when Bad Ass Coffee opened a little shop nearby. So thanks for the Izmo link, which I've now sent on to my kids. It was hi-larious.
What a great piece on Kim Deal... we're thinking of going to see her in Seattle when she plays. I saw the Pixies in 1987 when I was living in Montréal. Kim Deal walked out with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth and blew the room away, the epitome of cool. God I loved her (LOVE HER!)
Love the connection to the infinite canvas. This year I drew a lot on Procreate (on my iPad) instead of my paper sketchbook. At some point I discovered the magic of the infinite canvas - it was such a big artistic leap for me that allowed me to stay in flow without thinking of physical boundaries.
I think I am going to try your social media plan. Only reading in the evening and eat breakfast before you check into that social media world. (I may make an exception to checking the weather online).
Thanks for this!
I shared that piece of writing advice (I like Substack’s way of quote sharing) and have gotten quite a few likes and laughs reactions. I’m happy that I get to have my ass in chair to work on my writing for the day. Don’t have to head to the office.
“Hierarchy of paper”—that’s perfect! I have a hierarchy of pens and pencils, more than paper. Blue ballpoints (Bic Crystals mostly) for really good thinking and brainstorming, Blackwing or Staedtler fine point pencils for annotating books I’m reading, Stabilo markers for journaling. Any old pen for unimportant notes. I suppose I have an order for paper—legal pads for important brainstorming, interviews, sermon prep. I keep trying composition notebooks, but I enjoy flipping pages up. Legal pads don’t feel as confined.
Steve Tomlinson is amazing, even when he’s teaching church finances to aspiring clergy at the seminary in Austin. I sat in on a class during alumni week last month.
I’m pulling Keep Going off my shelf; I’m in need of some encouragement.