From Alpha Centauri with LoveI'd like to write you a messagein hundred-foot high flaming letters.It would tell youyou no longer needed glasses.A passing spacecraft might mistakemy words for a signalthat the earth was running out of airand, though we are very sorry,there is no safe place for them to land.If the words were bright enoughthey may carry to the edges of the neareststar, and there split in two.Observers on Alpha Centauriinterpret it as a dialogueon the subtle machinations of string theory.In translation it becomes a bestselleron Dagobah 7, and is summarilytaken out of print.When atmospheric lensing distorts my messageyou ma
death by apathy.of all the weaponsin your arsenal, silenceis your sharpest sword
food for thought we won't eatyou should know: this isn't a restaurant; i am not on the menu; love can't be ordered. &
Star-SentOnce there was a girl who was in love with the night sky.She had visited planetariums and read children's books on astronomy. She had learned to identify nineteen different constellations and would always look for them on dark, clear nights. She had gotten her father to stick glow-in-the-dark stars and planets to her bedroom ceiling. She had eaten freeze-dried astronaut ice cream and thought it tasted better than anything else in the world.As time passed the girl began to learn about the universe, about things like asteroids and black holes. Little by little she came to know the invisible forces that governed outer space, and the night sk
How To Price Your ArtThere is a saying from Paul Scriven about pricing that targets freelancers & designers:"Work either for full price or for free, but never for cheap."I think there is much truth in it, because even a cheap price has itīs price. Sometimes cheap can be good to get you some reward as a beginner, but the hardest part is then to climb up the ladder.The illustration below pretty much sums it up:Thats specifically the way I work and what I suggest to students.The question always is how to raise a price with a client, once you are good enough to actually charge more?There is not one universal key answer to that question, but first off, it is important to know what keeps