December 27, 2006
drawing in bars…
1. I usually carry two wee tins around with me. One for blank business cards, and one for completed drawings. I usually have a minimum of two or three pens on me– they’re quite temperamental things, so I like having backup etc.
2. Here’s a stack of 25 or so new drawings, all done in the last few days.…
3. Beer! Hurrah!
4. Bars are good for drawing. So is Starbuck’s. Japanese restaurants I usually find very productive.
5. To this day, I have no idea where ideas come from. I gave up trying to predict inspiration years ago.
6. Getting your hands on one of my originals is getting harder. I don’t give them out like I used to.
7. Success is also a curse.
8. I agree. Cartoons are so much cooler than laptops.
9. The romantic notion of inebriated, boozed-up artist is a load of crock.
10. Bankers talk about art. Artists talk about money.
11. Silicon Valley is far more interesting than Chelsea.
Thanks for the little insights. Looking over the shoulder of the creative is always an inspiration.
Keep doing what you’re doing Hugh. You’re the Family Circus of my demographic.
Getting Things Done in Academia
Number 10 just made my short list of favorite quotes. You lost me at #11, though. When, BTW, are you ever going to visit NYC again?
Dont #7 & 10 go hand in hand really? Success and money are two things that are elusive and bittersweet acquistions.
Oh my god!!! I love those business card holders – just found them a few weeks ago in a Little Tokyo bookseller, and I’ve been crazy-mad happy every time I look at them.
Why didn’t you share this before!? To think of all the years I’ve been suffering with inferior card holders…