A twice-weekly newsletter on creativity, process, and research by Kel Rakowski. Get to know your work, get to know yourself, create something of your own.
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What to Do When You're Alone
a list of 25 ideas, with flourishes from my own life
When I was 34 I blew up my entire life. Before May 2014, I had been in a 7-year relationship with a loving, kind, and the best kind of man (he’s still my close friend). But I decided it...
You Don't Have to Write an Essay
This Monday I had my freak-out spiral. What am I going to write, now that I'm back from a two-week August break. And then I remembered: This is just a newsletter.
A NEWSLETTER.
Merriam-Webster dictionary definition is: a small publication...
Back to School for People Who Aren't in School
29 things for the fall semester
Call me teacher. Class is back in session. In our minds. I used to count down the days to school season and I still can’t shake the habit — 30 years later.
You are Smart, Creative, Engaging!
I like reading short sentences, I like writing short sentences. I like phrases, I like captions. I like advice columns and Q&As. I like pull quotes. I love lists, horoscopes, Dos and Don’ts and recipes. I love personal ads, classifieds. All...
how to design ugly (against template slop)
a begrudging guide to the Instagram carousel
This week I read brenda’s writing about template slop: text on image, text on image. As a graphic designer, in a previous life, I am interested in Text (read: Typography) and Image (read: visual...
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