D: / :D (or, Motivation Two Ways)

I still find myself reacting more to the threat of the stick than the promise of the carrot. How do I orient toward joy?

“I draw the path to walk”

There is art we make because we are dedicated to a craft and art we make because it’s an expression of our innate human desire to play.

Laid Low

No one was asking me to work, so I could actually work.

The Switch

If I don’t understand it, anything might switch it off again.

Inventory

It all takes such a long time.

Matt Thoughts

“That’s the entirety of comics for me: turning story into space.”

Operating Instructions

What’s it all about?

“We weren’t even watching ourselves”

“The “publish or perish” model that nudges people to rack up more followers is not the pinnacle of creative freedom; it’s indentured spiritual servitude.”

To Show For

“How do we celebrate when there is nothing to show for?”

Rhymes

I just know that when I read it I felt personally attacked in that good, awful way that means something true is surfacing.