Extra issue: Beyond Tellerrand Berlin, 2024
Last week, I attended Beyond Tellerrand Berlin. I keep seeing and hearing that organising live events is getting harder (where did all of our company...
Pigeon comics, toddler humor
The morale is so low after the US elections that it’s time for a poop joke. This week’s mood: abandoned. Also known as Schitt’s Creek fan art I made during...
Fun things I've been reading
Hi! Here are some fun reads that found me in recent weeks: Ted Chiang wrote some interesting articles for the New Yorker on generative models and fiction...
Pigeons: the next morning
Good morning/afternoon/midnight, I decided to try a new email structure. One email will show ongoing drawing projects, and the next one will be more about...
On truth and bullshit in images, part 1
When an honest man speaks, he says only what he believes to be true; and for the liar, it is correspondingly indispensable that he considers his statements...
In between
Our pigeons had to get going to find a new spot before nightfall. And here’s a test to check if we can still distinguish generated images from regular...
Joyless and weird; more pigeons
I went on holiday, so not much thinking and writing has happened in the last 2 weeks. Unironically weird ideas are still popping up. There’s the ‘AI friend’,...
Here's to less hype and more birds
Research These days I’m reading about the definition of truth because I can’t articulate what bothers me about machine-generated fiction. It’s easy to see...
Chubby pigeons and other things
Last summer, I started writing Morning Pages as described by Julia Cameron. I was heading towards burnout, so I looked for something to pull me back into...
On rage-sparking bullshit
Hi! I will interrupt our irregularly scheduled programming on art because I have read things that sparked rage instead of joy. First up: I had to check...
Colors and lines, pt. 1
Colors and lines Most of my drawings are black-and-white: it’s practical when I draw outside, and it’s more simple. I stop drawing when I add everything...
Where do we start?
Where do we start? Good morning, afternoon, or evening! If it's later than that, go to sleep. This email can wait. Research In the last few months, I have...
Is this a mistake? Probably more than one.
This is my brand new newsletter! It’s about how I haven't been drawing that regularly for years, and I want to change that. I don't feel good in the world...