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By: ujj

ujj — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:04:23 +0000

I have been going though the pain, I did give up my crayons way too early. And have been trying to pick ‘em up.
It is not easy, because it is almost like a part of me that has been shut off.
This blog hits very close to home!

By: displace

displace — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:16:40 +0000

distemper

By: displace

displace — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:15:45 +0000

distemper

By: nume

nume — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 02:25:44 +0000

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By: RED

RED — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:00:10 +0000

Fabulous! NOW let’s put the FUN back in dysfunctional…

By: Steve Myers

Steve Myers — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:47:23 +0000

Fucking inspired!
Against your advice elsewhere on the site, I indeed quit my day job in the wake of September 11, 2001. I embarked on a journey as a born-again student, returning to university at the age of 40. I am now in the middle of a documentary film project, for which I have no previous experience — all because I chose to heed my “wee voice.“
Which zone am I in, X, Y, or Z? I don’t know yet, but I’ll be fucked if I’m gonna let somebody else try and tell me which it is. Only I get to do that, and only once I’m satisified that I’ve fulfilled my own needs for expressing the ideas behind my project.

By: gigel

gigel — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:04:18 +0000

When I use the term ‘repugnant’ I do so in my own opinion: I do not use non-free
software on machines I control. This licence is non-free, and masquerading it as free
is offensive. I have contributed lots to the Free Software community myself, and I
would be completely outraged if any of my contributions were being shipped in a
non-free product. Contributions are contributions to public software, not private
profits.

By: bobby davies

bobby davies — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:11:33 +0000

A month away from turning 33, i have found my crayons. I plan to make an idea i had 3 years ago a reality. I thought i was taking an uncalculated risk, but having read your piece, i’m more determined than ever.
Wish me luck !

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:45:53 +0000

I cannot thank you enough. I needed to read this. Very helpful. Very very helpful.
Now I know what I’ve been missing all this time… my crayons!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:44:58 +0000

I cannot thank you enough. I needed to read this. Very helpful. Very very helpful.
Now I know what I’ve been missing all this time… my crayons!

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:53:07 +0000

Fabulous! I just realized how true this all is. I started my novel two weeks ago, and it is going so well. this was only fuel to the fire, thanks.
Linked you on my blog : laskacleats.blogspot.com

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:52:36 +0000

Fabulous! I just realized how true this all is. I started my novel two weeks ago, and it is going so well. this was only fuel to the fire, thanks.
Linked you on my blog : laskacleats.blogspot.com

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:54:22 +0000

great site, i've just been referred to it by a friend. I loved this post, about not being concerned about selling something, just allowing your need to create someone take over. i've linked this post at my site, http://www.spiralstaircase.us/public_html/2004/08/creativity-can-solve-almost-any.html thanks!

By: Nathan Skreslet

Nathan Skreslet — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:23:35 +0000

Very perceptive observations. The thrust of the article as I read it was “How do you know if you don’t try?” I was very artistic as a child but then had academics thrust upon me in Middle School and High School which sidelined my artistic pursuits. I had no skills in mathematics but I tried very hard and did well enough to get by until we got to calculus, which has never made any sense to me. I gave up on math at this point and have never regretted it. I learned to write very well and this skill has served me well over the years but it wasn’t until College that I reawakened my sleeping artistic side.
I did my undergrad study in Industrial Design and Graphic Design and am now a professional graphic designer. I remember that it was scary to go back to art after being away for so long. What if I couldn’t do it anymore? I hadn’t practiced at all. But my fears were unfounded.
You’re never too late to try something new either. Just last year I picked up a lump of clay for the first time since grade school and discovered that I have a vast untapped talent for sculpting. I don’t know if I can do anything with this skill professionally, and who cares? Just using it is immensly satisfying.
So my advice is this: Try it! You never know until you do.

By: samantha

samantha — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:16:30 +0000

i printed this out and put it up by my computer… it’s so easy as an artist to focus on the audience or the applause and forget that driving force inside that speaks in paint and not in profit. i pray that all my days painting and drawing might be so sincere and honest and so utterly free from what others think of them.
and by the by, they don’t teach you this stuff in art school either.