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The Cost of Making
What are you willing to pay?
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What My Wife Saw
Notes on the critique.
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Work at the Threshold
A Practice for New Beginnings
Dec 22, 2025
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Automatic Drawing
In defense of doodling.
Dec 19, 2025
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Don't Ruin the Illusion
Knowing what not to share.
Dec 15, 2025
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What gets lost and what gets found.
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Loose Leaf: The One-Year Proposal
A Case for Portfolio Turnover
Dec 5, 2025
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Art School Advice
Dec 1, 2025
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THANK YOU
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Nov 27, 2025
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It's Nice
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Nov 24, 2025
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Get To Know Your Ancestors
Ignorance of the canon is not originality.
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Loose Leaf BONUS: Dear Undergraduate
About your BFA project...
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Loose Leaf: Thumbnail Sketches
Hear me preach dear students!
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