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Help, I Want to Become an Artist!

Byhollymarquardt

Anyone can pick up a brush and paint. To keep going—and to eventually make a profit from your work—is a little more complicated. Most of it will have to be overcome by trial and error, but Andy Overn and Charis Carmichael Braun were glad to share their advice to smooth the journey somewhat. Andrew Overn…

On Memory and the Persistence of Good Ideas

On Memory and the Persistence of Good Ideas

Byhollymarquardt

The greatest tragedy, in my opinion, is losing memories. The poet Dylan Thomas’ father was a Shakespeare-loving teacher who was an aspiring poet himself. As Thomas watched his elderly father degrade peacefully in his last days, he shouted at him in verse to “Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.” But when you’ve forgotten…