Darby Hudson talks about poetry, the 'creative process', cats, alchemy and life. My book that essences all the best bits from my podcast: Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And Poetry
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Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock was Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks. (And I love David Lynch). TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOW My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube
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I often felt lost and unconfident in not knowing what I was doing when I was in my 20s. I still don't know what I'm doing but I'm more confident about it. But a brutal hangover reminded me what it was like to be in my 20s and feel lost for a day... in my 20s I'd experience this feeling without even needing a hangover, and often! TICKETS TO MY LIVE …
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Exploiting myself for ideas I'd never thought I'd publish
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I've kept a lot of my life personal, even though most of my stuff is written very personally. But I've crossed a small line into posting about stuff that I haven't before and it feels like very new territory. And more interesting territory. TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOW My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and pri…
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Courageous artists: be the first to say the thing
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I crap on about the courage to be the first to say what everyone's thinking. Good ideas. And a brief chat with Matt Hardy who's producing me first show. TICKETS TO MY LIVE SHOW Nico Dory (Flash Poetry) My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok…
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Best bits from 88 episodes of this podcast (some of them)
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I took the top ten downloaded episodes, went through the transcripts and found my fave bits from each and here I am reading them out. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok
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The exhaustion of acting normal in a weird world (take 2)
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This is something I recorded a year back that started all my videos. I've added a few more ideas/minutes to it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok
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Zero expecations allow creativity to happen
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I give my writing and painting a long leash, and often no leash at all. I have to trust it will do its thing. It's all (sometimes frustratingly) counterintuitive My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok…
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Smuggling your weirdness through years of the cult of sensible
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A few thoughts on smuggling myself through the years of the cult of sensible. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok
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A hundred bad ideas to write a single good one
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It's thrilling when I post what I think is a shit idea and it resonates with an audience. Especially when all my good ideas don't resonate, and a single bad one does. It reminds me I don't own my creativity My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTu…
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The sum of our artistic influences... and our life
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I'm the sum of my influences and nearly 50 years of just existing. I've been feeling recently I'm stepping into a void left my some of my favourite artists and writers. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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The endless daily creative defeats make me grumpy
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Only 1% of my stuff works and 99% of it is rubbish. It can effect me emotionally. I can get really grumpy when the creativity isn't going my way. But it's part of it. It's always been part of it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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I posted something on social media recently about a little secret game I play with myself that seemed to resonate - that makes me believe we're constantly starving for meaning our lives. I might be wrong. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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I've got an inner waggy pissed off cat's tail and an outer waggy happy dog's tail
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I've writen and recorded a lot of cynical videos over the past 6 months. Perhaps it's time to mix it up (soonish).. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Balancing Sensible Self and Crazy Self (to pay bills and make art)
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I struggled for years trying to find the balance going to work and pretending to be sensible then getting home to get insane to make interesting things. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Your old ideas that never found an audience are the most important
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It's something I've been rambling about recently, but it took 30 years to find an audience and none of the stuff I made over this time without an audience has gone to waste. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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Sometimes I'll be out somewhere, and for no reason at all, unexplained and unexpected happiness moves through me. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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I know who I am and after all these years there's a victory in that
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This title is after a quote from True Detective season one by Nic Pizzolatto. YouTube clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf4P1uXR6Q This ep I crap on about art being a weird way of connecting, turning strangeness into magic. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of p…
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Here I crap on about traditional gatekeepers and our inner gatekeeper. And Trojan horsing/subversive social commentary through different avenues. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Just a little thought on memes and how they shape thinking. I am no academic or sociological expert. Entertainment purposes only 😂 My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Thinking out loud has changed the way I write
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Thinking aloud helped massively this last year, mainly thanks to making this podcast! I never thought I'd enjoy it. I never know what I'm thinking untiil it tumbles outta my mouth, threads back through my ears and then written with the hand. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eB…
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Writing in 'beginner mode' and poetry as a baseline to find one's voice
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I have to constantly trick my brain back into beginner mode. As soon as I think I'm an 'expert' on a particular way of writing, my writing is dead on the page. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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A little about writing me new book, WORKING NINE LIVES
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This week I read a few poems from my book and talk about a quote from Cormac McCarthy that was in the back of my mind while I wrote it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Finishing a book project and starting the next
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This week feels like a bit of a diary entry (recently they sorta have been) but here I waffle-reflect on finishing a book and searching and planting the seeds for a new idea to begin. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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Forks in the road towards a weird career in the arts. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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A little blah di da reflection on writing without an audience for 30 years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Sometimes I'll write stuff purely on 'cleverness' and it will lack something. It feels like I've sold out to myself. But sometimes I have to write these hollow pieces to break through to the real stuff. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok …
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Creative breakthroughs by not giving a shit
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Talking about David Chase from the Sopranos, David Lynch, and not giving a shit as aid to creative breakthroughs. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Documenting the writing process for one of me videos
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I thought I'd document the writing process of one of my videos I shared recently on TikTok and Instagram "Envy disguised as moral highground". Also there's a little bit I learned on writer's rooms (from the Sopranos showrunner, David Chase) at the end. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints…
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Walking to the supermarket in the no mans land between Christmas and New Years
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Walking to the supermarket (excuse the clicking of the leaves I'm walking on) and some thoughts on the time of the year between Christmas and New Years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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Physical frailty and creating beyond oneself
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I used to visit a cafe next to a nursing home. It was incredible. Anxiety reducing. And I've noticed how some of my favourite artists write beyond themselves when physically frail and elderly. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube…
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Every creative breakthrough I've had across 40 years
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All the creative breakthroughs I've had over 40 years and significant moments that have inspired me. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube
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Each book I've written seems to have had an abberant piece in it - like a doorway to the next book. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Sticking up poems around the streets and talking to myself
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I walked Melbourne Streets sticking up poems over two days while talking to myself: Gertrude St, Swan St, Greville St, Chapel St, Smith St Brunswick St, Bridge Road, VCA Southbank. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (…
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Shit podcast episode where I was out of ideas
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Shit podcast episode. Huge creative block. And little on letting the unconscious do the heavy lifting in creativity. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Getting out of the way of yourself in creativity
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A sort of sequel episode to epsiode 57. Getting out of the way of myself by documenting my mum then work. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Trying to find momentum to create when (naturally) 95% of creativity is rubbish. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Find out who you are and do it on purpose
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Daydreaming in my teens. Comedy in my 20s. Poetry in my 30s. Then combing it all in my 40s.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Writing my way out of straightjackets and 2 other random ideas I had this week
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3 random ideas I had this week that didn't belong anywhere so here they have found themselves! Symbolic moment in novels Writing my way out of straightjackets Searching for truth in high critics scores and low audiences scores on Rotten Tomatoes and artists making art with their reputation, not souls New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO T…
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Finding your voice in creativity with your actual voice
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I talk about finding my voice by speaking it aloud. And maintaining enthusiasm for making ideas even though 95% of them are crap.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instag…
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Catching the emotional truth of what I'm writing about
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I blab on about my new writing process to record one minute video poems. and the counter intuitive thing to catch the emotional truth of what I'm writing about.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsl…
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Starsigns and creativity - skip this if starsigns ain't your thing!
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I ramble on about star signs. Being a scorpio sun/aries moon/libra ascendent.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Nows the time to create in a world distracted by politics
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I ramble on about creating in a time of crazy distraction and the difference between Instagram and TikTok audiences.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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I've found a new way to write poems and it feels new and exciting again.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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Interview with Tommy Attwood, writer/illustrator
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I interview Tommy Attwood who is a writer and illustrator from the US with a delisciously bent mind. Tommy's Instagram: @spiritualcardboard New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart…
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How I've been able to pay the rent writing poetry
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It's been a 30 year process. I'm not as outrageously talented as other social media poets out there. But just plodded along.New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram T…
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Honouring my 8 year old self's decisions to make books
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Honouring my 8 year old self's decision to make booksNew poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok
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Have faith in shit ideas: from 200 views of a poem, to half a million (with the same poem)
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I mucked around with TikTok for 4 years before I had a breakthrough. One idea inititally only had 200 views. I reposted it a few years later with now over 500000 views. Here's what happened, what I did. New poetry collection 2023: WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Fi…
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Limiting myself creatively to free myself creatively
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I've had a weird week where my TikTok account moderately exploded after 4 years of playing around with poetry on that platform. Here's what happened.UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok…
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I often make my brain to ask itself: what would legs do?
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My legs have taken me to heaven and hell. They've got me into and out of trouble. They're inhabited with a pure spirit. UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok
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Making art while working a full time job: art before the horse
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It's tough eeking out art that is (naturally) adventurous in spirit while simultaneously having it crushed by people determined to wear their work costumes and talk in blabber in workplaces that (have to) pretend to care. Here's some of my experience.UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subs…
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