Jun 25, 2019The SparrowPeace Garden. Interior Courtyard. Is a sparrow who kills a hummingbird in cold blood and proceeds to eat him a cannibal? Is he something else? I am getting ahead of myself. Peace Garden. Interior Courtyard. Brooklyn. The sun is shining and there is a woman with a clipboard. I do…Birds2 min readBirds2 min read
Mar 9, 2015Excuses.I thought about writing a book about excuses. I could use having written the book as an excuse for not doing all the other things I want to do. “I know I planned on doing _______, but I was busy writing a book about excuses.” That’s probably a heavy-handed metaphor…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Feb 25, 2015The Wednesday PurgeThe Wednesday Purge Removed: Tumblr blogs: 5 Twitter accounts: 4 Facebook Pages: 4 Domain names set to “do not renew”: 2 Emails unsubscribed from: I lost count (lots) The domain name part was especially hard for me to do, which is probably a good indication why this sort of thing is ultimately good for me. Related: https://medium.com/@mjchamplin/inspiration-has-destroyed-my-productivity-aaeccc48f38c1 min read1 min read
Feb 1, 2015Inspiration has Destroyed my ProductivityOn feeling creative versus being creative. — Photo by me. (photo.mjchamplin.com) The list makes me cringe, which is why I feel the need to share it: 10 Tumblr blogs, 4 WordPress installations, 6 Twitter accounts, 3 Instagrams, not to mention Facebook, LinkedIn, Dribbble et al. This is my social media / blogging footprint. I’m probably forgetting some…3 min read3 min read
Sep 30, 2013An Architecture of ThoughtHow studying to become an architect taught me to think about design — I learned two major lessons in my years in architecture school: first, that design is my passion in life, in all its forms. Design is not a collection of geometry and color on paper; great design lives and breathes. It touches people. Secondly, I learned that I have no interest…3 min read3 min read
