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2009
December 31st2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Why we tick time off in years: we can say goodbye to all that, and start over.
December 30thWHAT HAPPENS TO THE MARRIED
“what happens to the married / we live in a buddy comedy / we fight, kiss, and then eat chinese takeout / there’s a little acting / and we get lost / but i will take more”
December 24thAT TIMES HEAVEN
“you had me in between a rock and the back wall / the setting is all white / but at times / heaven feels driven by wires / rather than transcendence”
December 22ndOFFBEAT
“he could not have been more offbeat or serious / as he banged the drum / in the dark”
December 18thPERMIT LOSING
signs + iphone camera + trickery = de-signs
December 17thTHE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ARTIST
“the co-founder of the artist is the house we grow up playing in”
December 16thMY LISTENING YEAR, 2009
The best albums and songs I listened to this year and the best live shows I saw.
December 15thMATHEMATICAL
“we are mathematical in a way / that is why we work”
December 14thMY READING YEAR, 2009
Ten good books I read in 2009.
December 10thVISUAL THINKING FOR WRITERS: NOTES AND SLIDES
A catalogue of visual thinking techniques I’ve discovered over the past couple of years that have helped me with my own writing.
December 8thUNTOUCHED
“i had never sold out the hall / before the crowd showed up early just to hang me…”
December 1stGALLEYS!
We got the galleys (uncorrected proofs) for Newspaper Blackout in the mail today.
November 26thWATCHING MOM PREPARE
“november hit / now we are watching mom prepare / for another death of a season / a new shipment of wishes”
November 25thBLACKOUT POETRY WORKSHOP AT ANGELO STATE
Giving a Newspaper Blackout Poetry workshop at Angelo State in San Angelo, Texas.
November 21stED EMBERLEY’S MAKE A WORLD
On Ed Emberley’s classic drawing book, “Make A World.”
November 17thLOSE IT ALL, KEEP MOVING
Signs + iPhone camera + trickery = de-signs.
November 16thNOVA/PBS: WHAT ARE DREAMS?
PBS asked me to be a guest blogger for their “Remotely Connected” series.
November 14thROBERT CRUMB, FRANCOISE MOULY, AND ART SPIEGELMAN
A conversation between Robert Crumb, Francoise Mouly, and Art Spiegelman.
November 14thSAM HURT LECTURE
Drawings of a lecture on “Telling Stories in Pictures and Words” by Sam Hurt, creator of Eyebeam.
November 12thRATIO
“the gravest problem in life / is the ratio of girls to boys / sex / where one finds it and how”
November 10thROOKIE
“i’ve got a lot of practicing to do / the superstar was recruited as a rookie”
November 8thFUN FUN FUN FEST 2009
Index card doodles from Austin’s best music festival.
November 8thLOCAL MUSIC IS SEXY
The Austinist folks had me out to draw their Local Music Is Sexy pre-party for Fun Fun Fun Fest.
November 6thTEA DRAWINGS
Tea bag + index card + Sharpie
November 4thWEIRD NAME
“is that your name? lemme see yr ID / huh! / so you say it how?”
November 2ndHI, HOW ARE YOU?
“hi how are you / i should tell you the entire how / but the game’s not meant to take more than a few minutes…”
November 1stTHE COMMANDMENT
Thou shalt make images and thou shalt use anything sent to you.
November 1stGEOGRAPHY IS NO LONGER OUR MASTER
Most of my thinking and talking and art-related fellowship is online…
November 1stCONTEXTOMY : QUOTING OUT OF CONTEXT
How I make all my art…
October 30thHANDS END (AND A MAP OF DE-SIGNS)
5 new de-signs for Friday.
October 28thTEXAS IS ACTUALLY REAL
“texas is actually real / he expected to report / it was a lot of people seeing false”
October 27thI WON’T LEAVE YOU
“i won’t leave you / i refuse to be that man / what can I do? i tried. i tried to be him / this is not a regular game / you and me”
October 25thFIRST PASS
Meg and I spent a good bit of the weekend going over the first pass of Newspaper Blackout…
October 24thDON’T WORRY ABOUT UNITY
Don’t worry about unity from piece to piece. What unifies all of your work is the fact that you made it.
October 24thTHE SAME SWORDS
“no one is without a childhood or dreams / we started with the same swords”
October 20thNEWSPAPER BLACKOUT PRINT GIVEAWAY!
Enter a comment or tweet this post to win a free newspaper blackout print!
October 19thACT THE PART
“country music / and / chicken-fried steaks / i like to act the part / in texas”
October 19thVISUAL NOTE-TAKING 101 AT SXSW 2010!
Our Visual Note-Taking 101 panel made the cut for the first batch of 2010 SXSW programming!
October 16thTEXAS IS NOT FOR PEDESTRIANS
Texas is not for pedestrians / we rig the system / pick one / keep out of it / ending machine
October 13thKICK IN THE PANTS
“the kick in the pants that saved job / for me it would have been a loss well short of wisdom”
October 9thSO MANY PLACES
“this world is so many places! yet home is the word / we are encouraged to find”
October 7thYOU BOUGHT ART!
Getting e-mails and tweets from folks who are receiving their 20×200 prints in the mail.
October 6thIN AN UNMADE BED
“it’s nice to be / in an unmade bed / taking stock / waking to a wicked angel / 11:00am / still drinking”
October 6thNEWSPAPER BLACKOUT (IN 30 SECONDS)
Flipping through the binder that contains all the poems in Newspaper Blackout — in 30 seconds.
October 3rdA YOUNG MAN IN FINANCE
“a young man in finance / did poorly / jumped off the building / peaceful as a pigeon / you too / do stupid and silly things / if it wasn’t for her / you’d do more”
October 3rdMOS DEF / K’NAAN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TAPING
Rough doodles of ACL’s first hip-hop taping.
September 30thSAVING UP FOR WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER
Try this: instead of keeping a rejection file, keep a praise file. For when you need the lift. Poem: “it’s great to hear people say they’re a fan / i’m saving those up for when this is over”
September 29th20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS: ON SALE NOW!
Two prints on sale over at 20×200: “How It Works” and “The Figure Skater”
September 29thGUEST BLOGGING AT THE BOOK DESIGN REVIEW
I’m guest-blogging this week for one of my favorite blogs…
September 28thHOW I SPENT MY EVENING…
Signing my certificates of authenticity for my 20×200 prints! On sale tomorrow @ 2PM EST!
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