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We spend most of our days striving for and working towards some distant someday that we’re convinced is just over the horizon.
Feb 15 • Duane Toops
growth
We think of our lives as linear.
Feb 11 • Duane Toops
17:25
stains
Just a quick tutorial type thing for some of the paper staining methods I’ve been playing with lately.
Feb 9 • Duane Toops
flexibility
We tend to think of creativity as a force, an impetus, perhaps even a will to power.
Feb 8 • Duane Toops
windows
Certainty is tempting.
Feb 4 • Duane Toops
37:08
...importance to the name...
It’s been a while since I’ve made a process video, hope you enjoy it.
Feb 2 • Duane Toops
iterating
“Creation is iteration”, Adam Savage says. “Your job as a creator is to take as many wrong turns as possible”. To fail, and fuck up, and fall forward…
Feb 1 • Duane Toops
re-cognizing
So much of collage is about matter out place.
Jan 28 • Duane Toops
14:47
recognizing
Some rambling thoughts on cognition, recognition, and making things.
Jan 26 • Duane Toops
presence
Attention is neither neutral nor passive.
Jan 25 • Duane Toops
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