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For the Copywriter in all of us…
It’s a while since I posted on the blog. So here’s an ad, just in case you’re not seeing enough ads…
Fish and the Blackbird
Fish can’t swim and the blackbird can’t fly. They’re lonely because they can’t play with the other birds and fish. But when Fish and the blackbird help each other, life is different… Want a Printed Copy of Fish and the Blackbird? The cover price is $15.40. That’s with my current … Continue reading
Why am I doing this?
In a village there lives a barber who shaves all and only the people who don’t shave themselves. So who shaves the barber? If he shaves himself, he doesn’t; if he doesn’t shave himself, he does. A tweety bird told me a stack of philosophers were stumped with that question … Continue reading
A new model for making Art?
I was wondering not three long ago, what artists are on about… But maybe I was expecting too much of artists — that they be great original thinkers as well as great at expressing great thoughts. Maybe the thinking and the expressing of the big thoughts should be more often … Continue reading
Is this a load of Twollocks?
I’m guessing we’re in a renaissance right now – with all the stuff people are creating. But are the people who love most to call themselves ‘artists’ being left behind? What are they on about? To rob a few words from Alain de Botton: We look at a giant neon … Continue reading
Sometimes there’s magic in procrastination
You know that job you’ve been putting off… Maybe don’t bother doing it. It might sort itself out. Like this engine did: …….. Some other blog posts: ➜ Little Pig, Let me in. Advertising that passes the so-what test ➜ What can you learn from 5-year-old art directors? ➜ Why … Continue reading
How to chew sweets
I hear email can be addictive – like chewing on sweets. But with email we don’t know what flavour sugar-buzz we’re going to get when we flick tabs to the inbox… maybe the not-knowing is part of the addiction… Booting the habit is, I guess, about figuring out a way … Continue reading
Little Pig, Let me in. Advertising that passes the so-what test
In all the many days that many people have been on this planet, I wonder how many people have choked to death while eating a pig’s head. Sounds like a perfect story for the Sun newspaper, though I saw it in the Examiner a while back. Sometimes the pigs get … Continue reading
What can you learn from 5-year-old art directors?
Some people say the greatest risk is not taking one. But if we’re afraid our head might get bitten off when we stick our neck out with a new idea, what can we do? On average, we’re wired to be a little bit optimistic: we tend to believe that things … Continue reading
