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Navigating Doubts
A drawing of Blade Runner, some words on how to approach self doubt, and an improv game for divergent thinking.
Rob Gale
Jul 20, 2022
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Constraints
A drawing, Abbas Kiarostami on Constraints, and Half-Life (an improv game)
Rob Gale
Jul 6, 2022
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Inspiration and Presence
Along with Taxi Driver and a practice in doing everything wrong.
Rob Gale
Jun 22, 2022
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Like Music
Recently, I’ve been playing with drawing as a kind of visual music making. I don’t know if any of these read that way to the viewer, but the direct…
Rob Gale
Jun 8, 2022
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Nothing New Under the Sun
First though, this is Nico! He’s a curious lad who often, to the chagrin of his caretakers, disappears for days on end, only to emerge mostly unscathed…
Rob Gale
May 25, 2022
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Playing Our Way to Good Ideas
The most overused word, creativity, should in fact be described as discovery. — Milton Glaser Whether we’re writing a short story, or creating an…
Rob Gale
May 11, 2022
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Impostor!
Quote “And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who…
Rob Gale
Apr 27, 2022
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Just Show Up
Quote What seems like the fast way in the moment is the long way in the end. — Via the Sunday Brainfood Newsletter from Farnam Street Just Show Up…
Rob Gale
Apr 13, 2022
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