tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013406330871503366.post6421027570627968848..comments2023-07-02T09:57:22.468-04:00Comments on I Make Things: This Is What I Thought I Could DoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673344694354544742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013406330871503366.post-73421487400902405102012-12-11T10:56:15.274-05:002012-12-11T10:56:15.274-05:00Thanks, John. I'd meant to tell you I was back...Thanks, John. I'd meant to tell you I was back but it got away from me. It's nice to know I'm in good company with my unrealistic expectations. Whenever I start going off in that direction again I hope I remember to think of you, subterranean, in a cowl. That ought to lighten me up. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673344694354544742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013406330871503366.post-37885221649161641782012-12-09T15:44:40.335-05:002012-12-09T15:44:40.335-05:00I'm catching up with you - I didn't realiz...I'm catching up with you - I didn't realize you were back, blogospherically speaking.<br /><br />One of the advantages of children is that it is an instant out, for you and for everyone else: I got kids. <i>that's</i> what I've been doing! Of course, you still watch TV, do sudoku, whatever, instead of being productive, following your dreams, etc.<br /><br />As to your ideal studio, it reminds me of what a coworker said once about resources vs. creative output. Startup companies that are very well funded often fail, while those on a shoestring succeed. Constraints force choices, and help you focus. This coworker said look at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. It sounds great - you get the best minds in the world and just let them hang out, strolling the gravel paths, and coming up with great stuff. But it doesn't work that way. People go into the IAS and are never heard from again.<br /><br />Personally, I have a Batman thing. That's my impossible model. He leads his busy life as Bruce Wayne, but then goes down into his cave and manages to build the world's best crime lab and keep on top of everything that goes down in Gotham City, and is an expert in countless fields, and generally is more effective than any 20 people ever could be. I should be able to hold down a day job and my "normal" responsibilities and also be creative and effective and focussed in other ways. But - Batman is fictional. No one could actually be Batman. I try not to beat myself up too much about it, but you know, just enough to get my butt off the couch once in a while.John Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03899523765720651079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013406330871503366.post-31275667304030880452012-11-13T20:48:37.716-05:002012-11-13T20:48:37.716-05:00I read about one New Yorker a month these days. :p...I read about one New Yorker a month these days. :p I would do much better if it was a biannual magazine.<br /><br />I do occasionally finish an issue, but that's because I've given myself permission to not read the articles about Egypt, Syria, and Libya. Those things are stoppers if you're trying to read an issue cover to cover!Hopehttp://hoperoth.com/blognoreply@blogger.com