Something About Art Magazines

Barnes & Noble is such a trap for an artist... any type of creative, really. There's some welcome changes there, too... for instance, more magazines and periodicals on politics and social agendas... more art and photography mags, more "alternative lifestyle" stuff. I'm also really happy to see the Moleskine section grow into its own station.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED PUTTING Montblanc pens to Moleskine paper, I would go there to find a mixed-n-mashed section of Moleskines with the plastic packaging half-torn... note three-sets missing one and an all-around, miserably-pathetic selection. Generally, there were no more than a couple large Notebooks and a "reporter" pocket-sized...

...now B&N is well-stocked. I guess my purchases have single-handedly changed the trends (at least in Walnut Creek). Bradtastic thinks it's cool, therefore it... nah.

However, I did also pick up a copy of the new Computer Arts magazine... it's different now. The 'Projects mag looked pretty slick—cool new shape—but its topic is "motion graphics," and that's not something I'm working with right now. Being nothing more than a distraction (a damned good one at that), I couldn't risk it and didn't want to waste... it'd end up as more paper mess, even if it turned out to be a good visual resource and guide for later-use (I'm sure it would).

Gilmore Girls inspires my writing, vector art and graffiti inspires my art. The 'Girls are overall more-important to my creative process, however, and if I had to live with just one or the other, it's an easy choice.

I have a lot of stuff to write about... but I'm not sure how much of it I want to share... and if people really want me to share such things...!