March 2023 - Alison Garwood-Jones Alison Garwood-Jones

Cats and AI

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog

Will there be anything interesting left for us to do?

Henry Pellatt’s Strength

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog

Sir Henry Pellatt’s rise and fall was unbelievably steep, in both directions. There’s something touching about how he managed it all — especially failure.

Ian Falconer, Olivia’s Dad

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators

My insides dropped a thousand feet when I heard that Ian Falconer, the set designer and father of Olivia the pig, died on March 7. He was only 63. Falconer created Olivia in his tiny West Village studio apartment back in the late 1990s. It was a tribute to his new niece with the little pug […]

Spot Drawing Love

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog

Nothing makes me happier than a good little spot drawing. \

Milton Glaser on Attentiveness

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators

“Attentiveness is the great benefit of drawing.” Milton Glaser said that. But becoming attentive to your life is a question for every human, not just artists. To pay attention without preconceptions is massively challenging. As Milton explained it, too much belief spelled the end to observation and understanding. Self-restraint, like listening, is an exercise in […]

AI and Eureka

Originally published in March 2023 in Blog

I’m finding that incorporating AI’s output into my own writing makes me feel further from my subject (and clients), not closer.

Alison Garwood Jones

Cats and AI

Henry Pellatt’s Strength

Ian Falconer, Olivia’s Dad

Spot Drawing Love

Milton Glaser on Attentiveness

AI and Eureka

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