{"id":203106,"date":"2026-03-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=203106"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:28:48","slug":"all-creatures-great-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/all-creatures-great-and-small\/","title":{"rendered":"All Creatures Great and Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?<\/strong><\/strong>
My grandma is visiting for the Lunar New Year, and I am documenting her recipes with illustrations. My sketchbook is currently full of scallion pancakes, kimchi, and dumplings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?<\/strong>
I realized I wasn't trusting myself to create. I often hold a rigid idea of \"perfect\" imagery in my head, so I struggle when the reality on paper doesn't match that vision. The truth is, it never did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to let go of control. If I am not satisfied with the look, I simply move on. Surprisingly, every time I look back, the work I hated is often the work I appreciate the most. Good work is finding the alignment between hand and mind, not force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?<\/strong>
Simplicity, pause, space, flow, unexpectedness, acceptance, enjoying the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?<\/strong>
My current fixation: Takashi Kokubo<\/a><\/strong> (????), Blessings Of The Forest<\/em> (????); She Her Her Hers<\/a><\/strong> from their album Location<\/em> (2019); Lisa Ono<\/a><\/strong>,\u201cTe Quiero Dijiste\u201d from Romance Latino, Vol. 1<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What's been the most difficult thing you've faced recently in your creative process?<\/strong>
I couldn\u2019t find the time to create, with my to-do list getting longer every day. If I don't act when the impulse strikes, the moment evaporates. Creation cannot just sit on a to-do list; it has to be now or never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?<\/strong>
A bowl of avgolemono from Nammos Estiatorio<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?<\/strong>
I am terrible at titles, so I will borrow from my favorite show, All Creatures Great and Small<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. It fits the current mood: chaotic and joyful, going with the flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which studios, laboratories, or workshops have you collaborated with recently or would you like to collaborate with in the future?<\/strong>
I did a pop-up in Portland with How Convenient<\/a><\/strong>, which was lovely. I really want to try a workshop combining drawing on pottery!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recommend one or more artists you follow who inspire you, and tell us what you like most about their work or their way of working.<\/strong>
Maniniwei<\/a><\/strong>, for linework and texture; Maira Kalman<\/a><\/strong>, for color, feelings, and chaos; Jean-Michel Folon<\/a><\/strong>, for negative space\u2014I love his pencil drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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