BOOK HANDS

Art of McSweenys by Chronicle Books

Don't you wish there were a video like this for every book design you enjoyed? I'm always fascinated by the stories and hands involved in art, design, film, politics, marketing, crafting, sailing, yoga, farming, etc. Looking out for video tutorials of all!

IN FILM

A weekend with MCAD friends in North Adams, Massachusetts

I love how my new camera provides image stills for each video I capture. It makes my friends look like famous actors in an indie film. And makes me feel like a professional documentary videographer! Dreams!

SK8 NOTE

This book cover/notebook is incredibly inventive! Would be my perfect companion!
It reminds me of these skateboard deck earnings made in Portland by Lindsay Jo. She started her project as she saw a need to recycle her and her boyfriend's old decks. They are both rippers. As a guest there, with some friends as they were both coaching at Woodward skatecamp for the summer, I noticed their home filled with skateboard lore including a collection of Buzzy's rutted-out trucks. Ahhh Portland pool coping. Slash!
Buzzy

AGAINST THE GRAIN. AGAINST THE STIGMA.

They’re quitting because they’re discouraged and bored, not because they’re dark, depressed, anxious, or neurotic. It’s a myth that creative people have these traits. (Those traits actually shut down creativity; they make people less open to experience and less interested in novelty.) Rather, creative people, for the most part, exhibit active moods and positive affect. They’re not particularly happy—contentment is a kind of complacency creative people rarely have. But they’re engaged, motivated, and open to the world.

Excerpt from the Newsweek article The Creativity Crisis.