Here are ten notes on making art. Excerpts below…

#5. “How to have ‘lots of ideas’: permute. Start anywhere. Once a piece is done, try varying some aspect. Think of all the variables that could have permutations.”

#7. “Don’t even bother “fixing” pieces. Making art shouldn’t be a struggle. You’re simply “thinking out loud” onto the page, photo-paper, or canvas. If a product seems confused, leave it confused. Make another piece where you contemplate whatever issues you were wrestling with. Try something different. When clarity arrives, it will come in one living piece — not be Frankensteined together out of a single infinitely re-worked, mangled corpse.”

#10. “Don’t hide your failures. If you are only willing to show those perfect pieces that you are aspiring towards, you’re never going to display / publish your work. Show everything, the worst of the crap included, and let your ego be humbled — and goaded to create more.”