May 18, 2012

There Are No Artists

Matrix Spoon Bending

 You win, I lose! As creative artists we have been trained to see things in a particular way which is if you win, then I lose. We either get the publishing or recording contract or we get rejected. We either get the gallery show or it goes to some other artist We either get the [...]

Copyright is Not the Problem, You Are!

Copyright Puzzle by Horia Varlan

Copyright is Not the Problem, You Are! by: Cory Huff   Pinterest is upon us! For some reason, the Internet decided to throw a giant fit over copyright over the last few weeks. It started (sort’ve) with this interesting blog post by a lawyer who tearfully deleted her Pinterest inspiration boards. Her post spread like [...]

Introducing Skinny WordPress!

SWP-Logo

Why Skinny WordPress? Those of you who have followed Skinny Artist for awhile may be wondering why I would think about starting another website when I already spend so much time bitching about not having enough time to get anything done as it is. Well, you’re right and I’ll admit that I’ve wondered about this [...]

The Muppets Guide to World Domination

Muppets

The Muppets guide to life and personality development I distinctly remember watching the old Muppet Show growing up and thinking that the vast majority of these muppets characters were completely insane. For those of you who may not remember the show, it consisted mostly of slapstick chaos and really bad jokes.  Kermit the frog would [...]

Dear Facebook, what’s the point?!

Somebody stop me!

It all seemed so simple in the beginning… These days it seems as if everyone is telling you that you need to find a way to “engage” your fans in social media (whatever that means) if you are to have any hope of surviving as an artist/writer/musician in the 21st century. So you sign up for [...]