I don’t want to get explicitly political in these blog posts, but it’s impossible to avoid it altogether. Everything is political, and if you think it isn’t, then whatever environment you’re in is politically constructed to benefit you, rendering its politics invisible. But they’re there. A friend once said, “Not everything is politics! What about … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #6: Captains and Pilots
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Art in the Roots, #5: Read Books! Then Make New Shows.
Welcome back to Art in the Roots. I apologize for the extended absence–what I intended to be a short summer break got a bit longer than planned. I suppose if we can’t rush good art, I shouldn’t rush my mediocre ruminations on art either, right? RIGHT?! Anyway, I learned to read with comics and have … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #5: Read Books! Then Make New Shows.
Art in the Roots, #4: Are Cartoon Tears Salty Too?
I’m a dad. Some of you local readers know my kids. They’re good kids, at heart, but let’s just say they might not always understand that Calvin and Hobbes comics aren’t “how-to” guides. They mean well, at least. You gotta give them that. A lot of my dad friends and I have talked about some … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #4: Are Cartoon Tears Salty Too?
Art in the Roots, #3: Jim Harrison and a Million Daydreams
We tend to like art that is compact. We want stories in tidy packages. I’m no different—I think if a movie needs to be over two hours (especially over 2.5 hours), then that movie isn’t done yet. It’s also exponentially harder to write a tight 3-minute pop song than to freeform jam for two full … Continue reading Art in the Roots, #3: Jim Harrison and a Million Daydreams
Art in the Roots,#2: A Superhero Revisited
Since my first post only introduced the series, this is the first real Art in the Roots post, so let’s start at the beginning. My earliest reading memories are Incredible Hulk comics. My brother (three years older) had a bunch, and I’d squirrel them away when he wasn’t watching. Looking back, he probably knew and … Continue reading Art in the Roots,#2: A Superhero Revisited