January 2012
23 posts
December 2011
22 posts
‘A really good picture looks as if it’s happened at once. It’s an immediate image. For my own work, when a picture looks labored and overworked, and you can read in it — well, she did this and then she did that, and then she did that — there is something in it that has not got to do with beautiful art to me. And I usually throw these out, though I think very often it takes ten of...
‘The words of others are mistakes of our hearing, shipwrecks of our understanding. How confidently we believe in our meanings of other people’s words. We hear death in words they speak to express sensual bliss. We read sensuality and life in words they drop from their lips without the slightest intention of being profound.
The voice of brooks that you interpret, pure...
holy other — know where (andy stott remix)
November 2011
16 posts
REAL TALK
an ongoing list inspired by Stefan Sagmeister’s ‘Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far’ _
Distance provides clarity; clarity and distance are expensive. Going for a walk is generally a good idea. Dishonesty always works against me. The self and the self-concept rarely align. Forgiving is good, but you don’t have to forget. Inquire within on a regular basis. ...
