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The Pros and Cons of Freelancing
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Late Night Library: Late Night Conversation: Roxane Gay
Writers and publishing people, you really need to listen to this.
This podcast features a conversation between writers Karen Munro and Roxane Gay. At one point, Karen asks Roxane whether print publications are less likely than online journals to publish emerging writers. Roxane wisely points out, “I think they are open to [publishing new writers], but I also think there are economic realities that they have to deal with that online magazines don’t. When you’re putting together a magazine that probably costs $10,000 or $15,000 to produce, you need some known quantities.” What was the process of publicizing her own debut novel like for Roxane? What is Late Night Library’s Debut-litzer, and who’s our winner this year? Listen in.
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Your interwebz IRL
Austin Kleon (Steal Like an Artist), Maria Papova (Brainpickings), Maris Kreizman (Slaughterhouse 90210), and Maud Newton (herself) at McNally Jackson talking about creativity in the digital age. [May 30, 2012]
Classic Works of Art Made with Jelly Beans
A few years ago, California-based artist Kristen Cumings was commissioned by candy company Jelly Belly to produce several pieces of jelly bean art to add to its collection ‘Jelly Belly Masterpieces of Confectionary Art’.
Cumings recreated classic works of art using 9,000 to 12,000 jelly beans and 50 to 60 hours, for each 4x6-feet mural.
More at My Modern Met
Make your own bookish birdhouse
BOOKISH BIRDHOUSE SUPPLIES:* Pre-assembled, unfinished wood birdhouse (see specific suggestions below supply list)* Sandpaper (fine grain is probably best)* Cheap acrylic paint (also called “craft paint”) — usually about $1 for each small bottle, available in every color imaginable* Paintbrushes — various sizes for painting, one good sturdy one for pasting* Scissors* Yes Paste (or Mod Podge or PVA if you prefer) — you can purchase it from any craft store* Colored pencils to use as perches* A book you don’t mind disassembling, or an F & G (“folded and gathered” picture book proof)Other things you might need/want:
* Pliers (for removing perches) — see Step 2* Sealant (if you want to protect your finished birdhouse) — see Step 7 for my recommendations
* a Dowel Rod (if you don’t want to use pencils as perches) — see Step 8
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” —Michelangelo
“All art is autobiographical.” —Federico Fellini
“Art is not a thing; it is a way.” —Elbert Hubbard
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” —Twyla Tharp
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
—Scott Adams
“Every good painter paints what he is.” —Jackson Pollock
“Great art picks up where nature ends.” —Marc Chagall
“I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.” —Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”
—Edgar Degas
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
—Dorothea Lange
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” —Pablo Picasso
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” —Ansel Adams
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.” —Arthur Schopenhauer
“What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.” —John Berger
Rejected Covers: Rachell Sumpter Discusses Designing Penguin Threads Book Cover ‘The Wizard Of Oz’
a Q&A at The Huffington Post
Artist Brings Books To Life Through Paper Cutting
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TOUR SKETCHBOOK
by Austin Kleon
I’ve spent the past three weeks on the Steal Across America tour — other than my iPhone, my sketchbook is the most important thing I carry. I use a large Moleskine sketchbook because it has heavy bristol-like pages that don’t tear, it’s big enough to stick a boarding pass in the pages, and it has an envelope flap in the back for travel receipts.
