Verbatim

Why, then ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison.”
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Sc. II; Hamlet’s response to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who question Hamlet’s regard of Denmark as a prison - “We think not so, my lord.” The originator [...]

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Imagination is in control when you begin making an object. The artwork’s potential is never higher than in that magic moment when the first brushstroke is applied, the first chord struck. But as the piece grows, technique and craft take over, and imagination becomes a less useful tool. A piece growns by becoming specific….
It’s the [...]

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The art form of comics is many centuries old, but it’s perceived as a recent invention and suffers the curse of all new media. The curse of being judged by the standards of the old. Ever since the invention of the written word, new media have been misunderstood.
Careful, Jacob! If you keep doing this [writing [...]

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I realize that most authors would talk about how to make the idea before they teach you how to sell it. That’s backward. Knowing how to sell your idea - make it happen - is the step you must take before you bother inventing it. If you can’t figure out how to implment your idea, [...]

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