You are a very busy person. So am I, and so is the person next to you. Life gets in the way, work gets in the way, you just cannot draw every day. That's how I used to explain myself why I wasn't drawing daily or even weekly or monthly at one point. I had to wait for better time and for that elusive inspiration to strike. I needed better art supplies and less shaky hands. So I drew less and less.…
Social media has been around for a short life time. Internet much longer. The attempts at control started early on, and they never really worked. In early 2000s there were attempts to protect children from the scares of Internet by automatically blocking access to certain websites. Some of the results were rather hilarious: I remember rumours of the websites of munincipality of Pornainen here in…
Yesterday my dad passed away. He was very ill for a while, so in that sense it was a relief. No more pain, no more feeling bad. That doesn't stop me from mourning. I would have loved to have my dad here longer, if only he had been well. Dad enjoyed good oldies music and liked animals of other species. And they liked him back. If you gave dad some wood and a few tools he could make you a wooden…
As I was reading an article on rewilding the internet on Noema magazine I started thinking this website as a little wild and unkempt meadow in between all the neatly cut, boring and soulless lawns. The lawns don't sustain anything beyond the grass. But meadows, they bring in the buzz. I have had concerns about centralisation of the internet for a while. Independent blogs and portfolios still…
Approximately ten years ago I asked you a question: Do you care? I was worried about the harsh things people were saying, about the cynicism and how people were trying to ignore important things. Well, it doesn't seem to be any better today. Remember all those books about how not to give a fuck or shit or other profanities? Back when those where all the rage I already found them concerning. Now…
Before the pandemic hit, or maybe around that time, I made a huge deal about starting a new email list, "Dreaming out loud". And then things went... well, I know how things went. So many things have happened and somehow it's now four years later. During this time I have restarted my YouTube channel and changed things a lot at Patreon . And now Patreon has given the opportunity to share posts…