katie hues

Aerial + Software + idk other things

[handonmystupidheart]

andrew garfield for gq, 2022

[heykatiehues]

Refrigerator Art

I read a lot about creativity. I see myself as a creative person, but not in a field that is traditionally seen as “creative”. But what is creativity? Creating. You create something for some reason and put it out there.

Then what is software? That’s creating code to teach a crystal with lightning how to show the internet. I digress. This isn’t a post about why software is a creative trade.

Back to reading. I’ve found a pattern of books that spark my creative interest: they focus more about sharing your work or making space in your head to make the work than anything else.

Both Show Your Work by Austin Kleon and Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte talk about this concept of bite sized work. They call this work “stock” or “intermediate packets”, respectively. And respectively? I hate those terms.

So I’m going to make refrigerator art. Refrigerator art is bite sized, something you see when your main point isn’t to Observe Art™, and there is no pressure on quality. If a 6 year old can make art deemed worthy of the refrigerator in a day, then so can I.

I’m not sure what medium this will take—infographics, mini blog posts, water color, lil doodles, whatever. But it doesn’t matter. The sheer fact that this refrigerator art is coming from my brain means it is a cohesive body of work. I’m what ties it together!

But maybe you can expect a more deep dive into these books I’ve found creatively intriguing. But also this isn’t an assignment to me. I CAN DO WHAT I WANT.

It’s Refrigerator Art ✨

(Find all books from graphic on my list on Bookshop.org)

[heykatiehues]

WFH

It's weird. Boundaries are weird. Understanding how I stay focused is weird. Currently "co-working" by watching artist vlogs on youtube. They usually don't talk too much--just chill music and something visual going on in the background and every once in a while, they talk. I usually only do this for personal work, but I forgot I can totally do it for work-work too. I think it is helping.

I'm trying to brainstorm ideas for an MVP (minimum viable product) for the project I'm on. "Brainstorm" is such a hard task. No beginning, middle, or end. I'm trying to work on breaking tasks down to have more concrete steps, so my brain doesn't just give up immediately.

I guess my brainstorming period worked, though--It's 2:30 already.

Time for a walk before the sun sets for the day. It's drizzling so I should def wear rainboots and a raincoat. But I should also switch pants to something I can tuck into rainboots.

Debating if I should take a rest day today or if I should do some active flex... I think I should rest. I've been active Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and kind of Monday. Rest days are important.

[quotemadness]

“She knew the power of her mind so she programmed it for success.”

— Carrie Green

[heykatiehues]

This is Erwin and I love him and he loves to cuddle me. He is napping on me and just pulled his head closer into the crook of my arm. I love him.

[leaving-earth]

[tippenfunkaport]

there is something so darkly comical about tumblr potentially outliving twitter

tumblr, which is held together with duct tape and madness, run by three raccoons in blood stained Yahoo! hats and a handful of crabs, its only discernible source of income the sale of shoelaces from an inside joke so inside no one knows the original source anymore and fake blue checkmarks... that website still lives on

truly the cockroach of social media and I love it for that