Pen and marker. This one is hanging on my wall. It is a drawing of a rubber alligator I found on the side of the road while cycling a couple of years ago. When I got it home and cleaned it up, I was amazed at the level of detail in the mold it was…
Month: December 2015
The War of Art – part one
I just started reading the War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The premise of the book is that if you have an unfulfilled passion for something, if you want to live a creative life, succeed in a business, capture some giant goal, but always seem to fall short or, worse yet, fail to ever start, you…
Nekophiliac – electronic music
My wife and I are both creative. We always have a project or two going. We have art supplies around the house. We both have artwork we’ve made hanging in the house. The creative leaning has manifested in our children (and now grandchildren). One of my sons creates electronic music under the name Nekophiliac. He’s been…
The Art and Philisophy of Bicycle Lubricant
I went for a ride this morning on a singlespeed road bike and I guess I haven’t paid enough attention to the maintenance of this bike because the chain squeaked and grinded the whole ride. It reminded me of an article I wrote over ten years ago called The Art and Philosophy of Bicycle Lubricant for a…