Things I’ve been thinking about, seeing, hearing, reading, etc.

Rauschenberg, R. (2025). I don’t think about being great: Selected writings (F. Snyder, Ed.). Yale University Press.

The Sketchbook

My sketchbook sometimes feels like the most daunting part of making art. It’s raw, messy, and totally random. It forces me to express myself freely, without editing or overthinking.

But that’s also the kind of work I find the most interesting from other artists—when nothing is polished. I love seeing the building blocks: the throwaway doodles, the notes, the stuff that seems inconsequential but clearly isn’t. You can always spot patterns and connections between the “random” things artists notice, write about, obsess over, and the final pieces they put out.

So I figured, if it’s something I love seeing from other people, it’s only fair I contribute to that pool of fun, chaotic mess.

Words

Reset
Chapters
Moments
Patterns
Systems

Quotes

“The most personal is the most creative” – Martin Scorsese

“I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of the life itself.” – Claes Oldenburg

“Everything is expressed through relationships.” – Piet Mondrian

The Inspiration

Some of the posts, artists, random life moments I’ve come across recently that spoke to me.

The Readings

Some passages from books that I’ve read lately.

I don’t think about being great: Selected writings