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Every moment is a choice...
Including the ones that feel like they're not.
11 hrs ago
Later is where dreams go to die...
If not now, when?
Jun 7
Why the greats all made a book...
From Parr to Ruscha to Hockney to Kiefer — and why your best work is still sitting in your studio.
Jun 1 • Chris Davies

May 2026

Imperfect action...
Beats perfect inaction every single time.
May 31
Alec Soth thinks in books...
And what every artist should learn from that choice.
May 29 • Chris Davies
The "what ifs" you're obsessing over...
Will never be answered by thinking. Only by doing.
May 24
The first modern artist book sold for $3.50.
He didn't wait for a publisher. He didn't need one.
May 23 • Chris Davies
Why every artist who matters made a book.
And what Ruscha, Soth, and Burtynsky understood too.
May 21 • Chris Davies
The two reasons you haven't made your book yet.
One is about feeling. One is about money. Both are wrong.
May 19 • Chris Davies
You're not living your life...
You're repeating it.
May 17
You'll never feel ready...
Ready is something you become by starting.
May 10
Originality Is Usually Borrowed Courage
What artists can learn from science, athletics, and craft about making work that feels like their own
May 4 • Chris Davies
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