Tag: DIY
Turtle On a Rock
You don’t need anybody’s permission to write. You don’t have to be smarter than anybody else on the school bus. You don’t even have to be on the school bus.
You don’t need anybody’s permission to draw pictures or paint paintings. Technical proficiency is not what we are after anyway. If I wanted to see lifelike, I’d look at a photograph. Don’t feel bad if you are the kind of human with the shaky hands.
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Welding & Writing
You can never get good enough at welding. There’s always something you can’t weld,...
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Work Safe Or Die Trying
I’ve never been to college. I don’t have any education past high school, but I write. I’m that weirdo that thinks that anybody can make art and everybody should make art. It doesn’t matter who you are, your life can be improved by making some kind of art. I’ve got no formal training, and I’m pretty much the only guy I know working construction who reads books at all, but—I write.
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Virtual Browsing: Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
Hello, Real Pants wearers! For the last month, my column here has treated the fascinating...
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#chapfest (next week at CUNY in NYC)
Next week is the NYC/CUNY Chapbook Festival. If you’re in NYC or close enough,...
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