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Being Introspective
The New Year usually brings about a lot of introspection for people, so I thought I’d post three interesting and introspective business articles that can easily pertain to the arts, keeping on track and gearing up for 2010. 1) If you’re thinking of starting your own business or even already have your own company I thought this gave some basic, helpful tips and offered positive reassurance for those already into entrepreneurship, How to be your own boss, by Laura Cohn, Washington Post: I particularly like the accompanying illustration of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon. This of course reminded me of casart coverings and the concept of our transforming butterfly.…
Bilaterally Symmetrical, Ball Point & Body Types
This video is amazing and completely captivating to watch! Since I’m a “visual artist” drawing what I actually see, I have a hard time drawing from my imagination and especially quickly. Trust me, you don’t want me on your Pictionary team. Everything here is in this guy’s head that’s why I’m so enthralled. Plus, since he’s ambidextrous, he can do it simultaneously with two hands in complete symmetry. I like the taped-on pens as a drawing prosthetic. It might be an out of the box exercise to try, just don’t call me when I’m trying it. These large scale ball point pen drawings by Juan Franciso Casas as seen on…
