Defeatist (laudatory) - Why Am I Making This? Issue #31
Hey everybody, It’s Julien. Artist. Welcome to June/July/August: the Summer Gauntlet. If you’ve been here for a while—and most of you on the newsletter list...
Newsletter Update! Still figuring it out
Hello everyone! Very short update. I believe I said in December that I would be taking a newsletter break in January/maybe February. My time is up now, so I...
2022 wrapped (pottery) - Why Am I Making This? Issue #30
Hello hello hello. Last newsletter of the year. It sure has been a year. Your faithful letter-writer is Julien Coyne, an artist, potter, photographer, etc...
Pottery/depths - Why Am I Making This? Issue #29
Hello everyone, It’s Julien. Artist who makes pottery, photographs, and other things - but this year, mostly pottery and photographs. First, most important...
It's just a question - Why Am I Making This? Issue #28
Hi, It’s me. Well done to anyone who got the Taylor Swift reference in the newsletter title. She had a new album out this month which I liked a lot, which...
Fallow Era - Why Am I Making This? Issue #27
Hey there. It’s Julien. Artist as usual. I enjoy the current online trend of saying “I’m in my ______ era”, as though we are all pop stars preparing to...
JOMO - Why Am I Making This? Issue #26
Hey everyone, It’s Julien! Artist + photographer + newsletter-writer. These titles are getting abstract, huh? This month, I think that I have finally begun...
Crochet - Why Am I Making This? Issue # 25
Hello everyone! It’s Julien. It’s July. July is almost over. Phew. This month, despite doing a lot of fun stuff and having some extraordinarily lovely...
Professional Photographer Playing Umineko & Elden Ring - Why Am I Making This? Issue #24
Hello dears, Julien here. Your summertime-sadness photographer and gamer friend. It’s dread season. Feeling the approach of July and August is like standing...
Truly - Why Am I Making This? Issue #23
Hello my dear hearts, It’s almost the second anniversary of this newsletter! The general topic of “why am I making this [pottery, painting, photography etc]”...
12 photos from 12 rolls of film - Why Am I Making This? Issue #22
Hello dear friends, It’s Julien! You know me. Artist who does a lot of hand-wringing about art in this newsletter. I’m happy to report that my frenzied...
Cycles of Burnout and Puttering - Why Am I Making This? Issue #21
Hey everybody! It’s Julien! Your Artist Friend. In case you don’t remember, my last newsletter had a little bit of a cliffhanger in it. I was about to embark...
Pottery and Video Game Plans - Why Am I Making This? Issue #20
Hello everyone! It's Julien. You know the drill - artist, potter, game developer, whatever. It’s going to be another short newsletter today. This is because...
Learning How To Rest - Why Am I Making This? Issue #19
Good morning gamers! It’s Julien. This is not a gaming newsletter, and if I take a look through my list of subscribers, I would say that significantly less...
Resolve & Memory - Why Am I Making This? Issue #18
Hello everyone, and welcome to the end of the year! It’s Julien. Artist, photographer, game developer, etc, writing my final monthly creative-updates...
My bad attitude & a new project - Why Am I Making This? Issue #17
Hello everyone! It’s Julien! The artist whose newsletter you subscribe to and receive almost every month. The (wonderful) service I use to send my...
Pottery and nothing else - Why Am I Making This? Issue #16
Hey all! It's Julien. An artist. I write this newsletter. You've probably been getting it for a while. I send it every month with updates and, theoretically,...
Is art becoming like a job? Why Am I Making This? Issue #15
Hello there! It’s Julien. Artist, photographer, etc, etc. This is my monthly newsletter. I’m here to tell you that September has been tiring. I had multiple...
Photography, lethargy, and new ideas - Why Am I Making This? Issue #14
Hey friends! It’s Julien! This is my newsletter! I send it once a month with my creative updates, and since my last newsletter, I’ve been feeling......
Connecting with people about art, also new rugs!!! - Why Am I Making This? Issue #13
Hey everyone, How are you doing? It’s Julien, your friend and monthly newsletter-writer. A warm welcome to the handful of new subscribers that have joined! I...