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 this level of honesty to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘work’
The Treachery of Labels: What You Call Yourself vs. What You Really Do
Exercises in Failure (Part 2): Let them trash your work
I had a professor in one of my painting classes who always gave everyone the highest mark possible. From the struggling students to the almost-pros, our grades were almost exactly the same - 100/100.
Of course, chronic absentees were another question - but the lowest they’d get was 80%. This made everyone happy as it made [...]
Do you have any rituals before you get to work?
I recently wrote an article entitiled “Making Time for Your Pre-work Rituals” over at Web Worker Daily. If you’re the type of person who goes through several routine tasks before you get down to work, such as cleaning your office or writing to your friends, the article might be of interest to you. Here are [...]
