Getting There Series

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Getting There Episode 6 - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Sprained

"Bart the Daredevil" is one of my favorite Simpson's episodes. Not just because it's a very well-written episode, and not because I was a...

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Getting There Episode 5 - Iron Sharpens Iron

Contrary to the popular bromide, practice does not make perfect. Practice makes more practice easier. In a similar vein, as an artist you...

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Getting There Episode 4 - Fail like you mean it

I'm a talented person, but there are two things I am truly terrible at. Dancing and math. I like to tell people I'm bad at dancing...

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Getting There Episode 3 - Sink, Swim, or Bob

Everyone is familiar with the sentiment, if not the phrase "sink or swim". It's the colorfully morbid expression that describes the...

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Getting There Episode 2 - Stranger in a Strange Land

SoCal was exactly the last place in the US I ever wanted to move to. It's nothing personal, but I'm from Pennsylvania and we have rain...

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Getting There Episode 1 - Leap of Logic, Leap of Faith

In mid February of this year (2018) I met with a friend of mine to ask him to honestly review my graphic design portfolio, along with...