How to survive the weight of an entire industry trying to convince you that you're inadequate
Look at all this evidence of humanity! If you enjoy the newsletter gimme $2. This week’s question comes to us from DB: How do I make art without feeling...
How to wash the dishes
Little prototype painting I’m working on. Become a premium subscriber! $2/cheap. This week’s question comes to us from Michael Calore: What's the best way to...
How to fuck
Fun fact: You can give me money now. More detail at the bottom. Detail of a large painting I’m hoping to have finished by next week. This week’s question...
How to get good fried rice
Detail from a bigger painting. 2024 This week’s question comes to us from Megan Butler: What is the most dangerous inconsequential stupid opinion? MSG is bad...
How to be a tugboat captain
This is what one of my stupid paintings looks like in progress.It’s a very dumb way to paint. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2. This week’s question comes...
How to get to tomorrow
Overturned cop car. 2023(?) This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How can we stay positive about the future these days? I cannot get excited about...
How to write with the Devil’s hand
Detail from a painting I finished a few week’s ago. This week’s question comes to us from Jonathan Stephens: You recently wrote, “...since my brain and your...
How to build a better mosh pit
This is an old one. 2022 maybe. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2 for sign supplies. This week’s question comes from me, actually: Do protests work? Depends...
How to make a book
This is Give Trans People Drugs and Money. Just finished it. It’s made of wax and razor blades and feelings. It’s 46x30. It’s born of the idea that we are...
How to organize your books
Something in progress, should be finished next week. This week’s question comes to us from Ashley Worsham: What is the best way to organize books in my home...
How to hide a painting
This is from 2022, I think. 18×24. This week’s question comes to us anonymously: Has it always been this bad or is the bad stuff just more exposed now? A...
How to drink from garden hoses
This is 5 Tall Union Signs. (I think I’ve posted it before, but it felt right today. So you have to deal with it again.) Today’s question comes to us...
How to ask for stuff
I auctioned a couple of these off on Bluesky last week and we raised $1.2k for Trans Lifeline. Thanks to everyone who bid. 🏳️⚧️ This week’s question comes...
How to draw an orange
New thing I’m in the middle of. Going to get bigger and annoyingly more complex, but the message will stay clear. This week’s question comes to us from...
Why aren’t we protesting in the streets?
This week’s question comes to us from Simo Ferraro: Why aren’t people protesting in the streets this time as much as during the first Trump term?
How to choose a donut
This is my very messy hot plate. This is how I paint. Hot beeswax mixed with pigment. Yes, I burn myself a lot. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimmee $2 for a...
How to grow old
This is Sad Porky, painted in 2022(?) This week’s question comes to us from Corlin Beum: As you get older, what habits do you try to develop to keep your...
How to stop loving what harms you
This is Child Killer. It was painted in 2024/5 by me, featuring Adam Villacin (who did the drawing). It is 32×84”, painted with wax and razor blades. At...
How to survive being online
Wee little union sign I painted in 2022, maybe? This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do we survive being online? Erika and I bought a radio. For...
How to get your joy back
Current view of the studio. Work is happening. Today’s question comes to us from Stevie Bales: I'm currently in the longest depressive episode I've had in my...