For anybody doing NaNoWriMo or the equivalent, here’s an easy, lo-fi way to keep track of your progress, adapted from The Steal Like An Artist Journal: Do the work every day. Fill the boxes. Don’t break the chain! Download and print the PDF

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A lot of what I love in art is this “deliberate imperfection,” which you see in everything from Japanese wabi-sabi to Navajo rugs to punk rock.

Feeling guilty about not having the answer in book form.

First, a link to what kind of notebook, because otherwise, dozens of people will ask. Then, the weighing in: This is a silly ritual, but sometimes silly rituals are all we have. Next, the selection of a guardian spirit to look over the notebook. I picked Durër’s Saint Jerome in his Study for this notebook, which

When life is just depressing enough that work is a welcome alternative.

Like creativity, curiosity might be better thought of as a verb, not a noun.

A zine about the creative tension between what is and what could be

5 tips for spending more time with books.