An observation from the gaping void
Dec. 28th, 2004 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsI've been reading Gaping Void, a blog by a "creative director" in advertising who actually has some worthwhile things to say. And one of the things he calls Pillar Management says, basically, "The more talented you are, the less you need props."
And I kinda realized where it applies. He asks, "Why are there so many hack writers with state-of-the-art laptops?" I don't have a state-of-the-art laptop; I have a hunk of reliable steel that's five years old and still chugging away. On the other hand, I have great blank sketchbooks and expensive mechanical pencils, and I still can't draw worth a damn. (Part of the problem, I suspect, is that I like drawing naked people, which is not something I can do around my kids, and so I don't put much time and effort into it. I don't want to draw things that don't interest me.)
Speaking of great creativity, Ferry Hamlim has a new free game, High Delivery. I hope you're as charmed by this man's simple brilliance and elegance as I am.
And I kinda realized where it applies. He asks, "Why are there so many hack writers with state-of-the-art laptops?" I don't have a state-of-the-art laptop; I have a hunk of reliable steel that's five years old and still chugging away. On the other hand, I have great blank sketchbooks and expensive mechanical pencils, and I still can't draw worth a damn. (Part of the problem, I suspect, is that I like drawing naked people, which is not something I can do around my kids, and so I don't put much time and effort into it. I don't want to draw things that don't interest me.)
Speaking of great creativity, Ferry Hamlim has a new free game, High Delivery. I hope you're as charmed by this man's simple brilliance and elegance as I am.
