Yumi Sakugawa is a comic artist based in California. While I'm not super familiar with her work, she was born in Orange, a place not far from my home town of Huntington Beach. Few creatives out of Orange County ever reach high-profile status, so it's cool to see one of her quotes on creativity circulating the internet:
What if creativity is about experimentation and play, and not being good at something can be fun?
As someone who is currently searching for the right creative outlets to discover and extract the images in my head, I found this quote intellectually soothing this week. To give something back, here are some of her illustrations below.
George Heaton of the clothing brand Represent is one of the most energizing designers and entrepreneurs of our generation. Growing Represent to nearly $100M in revenue in just over a decade, his work ethic and lifestyle have become synonymous with one word: winning.
Whether it's pushing his body to new physical limits, building out the ultimate brand office, or reaching new audiences around the globe, George's attention for excellence is becoming undeniable and something that every person building just about anything can learn from. His appearance on several high-profile podcasts of late and consistent sharing of the journey on social media are worth paying attention to. Here's a quote he shared recently that has been top of mind all week:
Winners will find a way. Losers will find an excuse.
A few weeks ago I bought my first painting from artist Huey Lightbody. Lightobdy refers to his work as "brutalist", evident at first glance with untamed brushstrokes, elements of industrial design, and a general hardness in texture.
I have been obsessed with brutalist architecture lately and this concept of categorizing more broadly art and other forms of design in the same realm is appealing to me. Here's a finishing thought on the subject:
