by Nathan and Julia Petersen
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Maya Angelou Here is another installment of Coworker’s names that I have had the privilege to work alongside. This year my company acquired another company just to ensure I didn’t have a shortage of names to choose from. I’ve found the more …
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off too.” – The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 3 My parents reading The Hobbit to us is among some of my earliest memories. …
It is literally true that you can succeed best & quickest by helping others to succeed. Napoleon Hill This is a quick shout out to all the wonderful co-workers I have had the privilege to work alongside (remotely this year). And yes, I know I’m missing about 100+ people at my place of employment, but …
Lettering is like Clay. Type is like Lego. Mark Simonson I must admit that making a complete alphabet out of Lego Elements seemed a daunting challenge when I started with letters ‘t’ and ‘s’ then thought, “How will I make ‘k,’ ‘g,’ and ‘z’ fit?” It is much simpler when you start with a style …
Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse Inktober is something we got into back in 2019. It was a great way to cozy up together in October and make art just for creativity, and not for clients or work, or because we had some master project we were planning out—just sit down daily and create. These …
Create or create not. Sit around and look at blank walls fix not your problems it will. – Nathan speaking like Yoda Inktober 2019 was the first year we did Inktober. A co-working of mine who wasn’t “particularly artistic” (and when I say that I mean they didn’t have any formal training) challenged me to …