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How to wrestle words
July 17, 2025
This is how I store excess wax in my studio. 💰 Gimme $2 so I can try something in Todd’s zine 💰 This week we’re ganging up two questions because, well,...
Summer Reruns
July 10, 2025
Waymo on fire, 2025 💰 Gimme $2 for a new art studio deposit. Because of some personal BuLLsHiT this week I didn’t have time to write a new newsletter. Also,...
How to accept a compliment
July 3, 2025
Still in progress, but making progress. Giving me $2 counts as a compliment. This week’s question comes to us from Tante: How do you take a compliment? I...
How to leave the house
June 26, 2025
A very stupid painting I’m in the middle of. Gimme $2 so I can buy a donut. This week’s question comes to us from Natallia Shauchenka: The internet and the...
How to keep sea-monkeys alive
June 19, 2025
Little painting I did a couple of weeks ago. There’s a stick so it looks like a protest sign, but I cropped it out. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2 for...
How to protect and serve
June 12, 2025
Overturned cop car, 2023(?) Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2 for bail. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How do we protect and serve our...
How to live off the rails
June 5, 2025
Sometimes you end up where you started. And that is beautiful. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2, you freak. This week’s question comes to us from Tyler...
How to survive the weight of an entire industry trying to convince you that you're inadequate
May 28, 2025
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
May 21, 2025
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
May 13, 2025
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
May 8, 2025
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
May 2, 2025
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
April 24, 2025
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
April 16, 2025
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
April 10, 2025
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
March 28, 2025
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
March 22, 2025
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
March 15, 2025
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
March 7, 2025
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
February 27, 2025
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...
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