Chris Force

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[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Artists are big on doling out unrequested advice. So many opinions, so little listening.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

In a crit I tried to explain how my work was dumb and obvious. My professor said: I don't think you could be obvious even if you tried.

I took it as an insult. It turned out to be permission.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

There is a richness to dumbness.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

How to make good stuff: find garbage (easy, garbage is everywhere). Make something just a little bit better than that.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

When has consolidation in media turned out to be a good thing?

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

No reader is looking for the Amazon Basics of magazines.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

A daily practice isn't practicing how to make good work. You can't practice making good work.

It's practicing uncertainty. It's practicing patience.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

I like to write while the writing is easy. I stop when it gets hard. Somehow this works.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

I wanted to write every day so I made one rule: I can't eat until after I write.

It worked. I really like to eat.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Keep making shitty work.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

A yoga teacher told me something a decade ago that never left my head:

You didn't come here to practice quitting. Don't ever make quitting part of your practice.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

I'm a creative machine who only makes anything good 10% of the time. What a lousy percentage!

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

If you ever see me drinking a chocolate milkshake, try to cheer me up. Something has gone terribly wrong with my day.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

It's hard to make good work with a bad mood. If you're in the middle of a project, protect your mood at all costs.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

It's hard to be intimidated by someone in any type of vest, especially a reflective yellow one.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Don't aim to make something great. Aim juuuuust higher than garbage. This is the magic spot.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Just came across this gem of an ad for Harley-Davidson from 1974.

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

I hate to be this guy, but the 2024 Indian FTR x RSD Super Hooligan is really fugly. Too bad, because it's a really fun bike. WOOF.

https://t.co/3aviVpANRF

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Marian Sell's Norton Seeley MKII Commando. Wow.

https://t.co/b9v23auCJK

[Chris Force @chrissforce]

Are you a Road Glide (top) or Street Glide guy? Nice comparison from @revzilla on the models.

https://t.co/UdPuTrjodD #harleydavidson