http://www.celineroque.com Thu, 20 May 2010 05:41:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My partner has often stated that I love my work more than I love her. I am embarrassed to admit this, but she's right. Let me explain: To me, my work is not just something I do. I don't just do it to pay the bills - though it does. It is ... http://www.celineroque.com/creative-work/love-of-the-work/ This is not a coat rack.1 But it is, isn't it? It's supposed to be my easel, but right now I use it to hold a couple of jackets. Ergo,  it's a coat rack. It's never going to be an easel until I use it to hold a canvas. By applying ... http://www.celineroque.com/creative-work/the-treachery-of-labels/ This is Part 2 of my series on true productivity. Part 1, True Productivity Leaves Less Time for Talk, can be found hereThere are two types of productivity apps: those that block out distractions from work and those that encourage work. Examples of the former are web site blockers (such ... http://www.celineroque.com/productivity/true-productivity-it-has-to-come-from-you/ I had nowhere else to put them and they're related (kinda) to the other ideas I post here. They were intended for a more personal audience, so there might be some inside jokes many of you won't get (sorry about that). But the other journal strips I made - the ... http://www.celineroque.com/journal-comic/old-journal-strips-2006-2007/ When I was seven my mother gave me an illustrated book about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It was about his childhood and how he found himself preoccupied with a different subject each week. When Leonardo was obsessed with birds, his father bought him some books on birds - only ... http://www.celineroque.com/creative-work/the-leonardo-syndrome/ Last April I mentioned that I wanted to spend more time writing fiction. Since then, I've spent almost every day working on my novel. I'm now at over 10,000 words into it, which makes me proud. It's not novel length yet, but it's my longest work of fiction so far. Ever ... http://www.celineroque.com/productivity/true-productivity-leaves-less-time-for-talk/ Back in 2004, when I was still drawing stick figures, I found myself obsessed with what tools professional cartoonists and illustrators were using. If I wanted to be a pro, I had to know what the right pen and the right ink was — everything that the pros used. When ... http://www.celineroque.com/creative-work/work-first-tools-second/ Related Posts No related posts. http://www.celineroque.com/sketches-and-drawings/watercolor-sketch/ Related Posts No related posts. http://www.celineroque.com/journal-comic/journal-strip-2-optimistic/ One of my aunts called me last week, just to catch up. She asked me about my academic status (I went AWOL), and as I tried to explain my fluid situation to her, she replied: "What are you exactly? I mean, what do I call you? What do you call what ... http://www.celineroque.com/creative-work/what-are-you-the-fine-art-of-labels/