Fear kills creativityThere are things in life that gobble up all your energy. You brood and fret, and you get nothing done. You worry. About politics. About your children hitting puberty. About your grumpy boss.Grumpy bossLet’s take your GB as an example. Everybody knows him/her. The control freak who seems to have only one goal […]

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Line = duckThe Japanese are especially good at it: they draw a single curved line, and you immediately see the duckiest duck or the cattiest cat you can imagine. There’s no doubt: that grey, somewhat woolly line IS a duck (or a cat). There’s a story about this. A man wants a drawing of a duck. […]

Indescribably difficult simplePictures are effective. You don’t have to believe me, I will prove it.Attach brace to shelfStep 8.There are three kinds of cross-headed screws. Two of these are very much alike (their thread runs along their entire length, the other one has a smooth surface half way, but anyway: you’ve used that one in […]

In the beginningIn the beginning was the word. But that doesn’t make sense at all. In the beginning there mainly were very hungry hominids, who could eat a bison. Luckily they didn’t just know what bison tasted like, but also what it looked like and how fast it could run. And especially how angry it […]

Just a cartoon this monthThe flu got me for a week. I have an article ready but illustrating it this month is not an option as it is the last day of May. But I give you a random cartoon to snigger at. Do you ever feel out of your depth like that? I do. I […]