Category: Writing
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I need a co-author or something
I have all these ideas, and then when I start to try and get them down on paper, this is what happens: Someday I’ll figure out how to actually make something.
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What is a graphic designer? (From a letter to my cousin)
I recently got this email from a young cousin of mine: “[I’m] interested in finding out more about a career in graphic design; what exactly you do and how you got started and what is the name of the magazine you work for?” I wanted to give the question a fair shake, so here, for…
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Three Poems About Casey
These are on the wall beside my computer at work. (With apologies to A.A. Milne.)
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My SOPA/PIPA letter
Dear [Congressman], I urge you to vote no on PIPA. As a developing artist who relies upon the freedom and creativity of the Internet to prosper, I cannot emphasize enough the damaging effect this bill would have upon myself and others of my profession. We have to believe that censorship and unilateralism is not the…
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All She Needs is One Good Earthquake
Sarah Margot Bannister was convinced that if she could just manage to stand perfectly still in the middle of a really violent earthquake, she would learn the trick of flying. It made perfect sense to her. Humanity’s attempts to fly had always involved trying to get away from the ground, and they never worked because…