Here are a few things that have inspired, interested, or entertained me recently:
- Master collager iHanna writes about cultivating happiness in art
- This post by Austin Kleon, about why it’s hard to fake kids’ drawings
- Pamela Bates’ wonderful markmaking, which I’ve been trying to emulate in my own work
- I’m all about dogs, and videos of dogs, and videos of dogs that make me laugh and remember that the world can be a wonderful place
- Mandy Fariello’s fun collaged library cards (and a reminder that we should all take art less seriously!)
- Watch poet Sarah Kay read the moving poem “Titanic” by Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie
- Here’s a mysterious and lovely story about a missing ring found 4,700 miles away and decades later.
- More animal content? Yes please. @TheDailyJames shares lovely photos of LA wildlife, from ravens to ground squirrels to vultures
- For content makers: how to design for accessibility
- Let’s debunk an American myth: “George Washington’s teeth were yanked from slaves’ mouths”