Archive - Duane Toops

“Creation is like faith”, Paul Wittenberger told me recently.

9 mins ago •

estate sale haul

I recently discovered a website that lists the scheduled Estate sales in your area.

Nov 3 •

34:21

“Creativity is a choice,” Seth Godin says, “not a bolt of lightning.” It’s neither an epiphany nor an apostrophe.

Nov 2 •

October 2025

A fellow collage maker told me recently that they’ve come to a point now where they only glue down a composition if it excites them.

Oct 29 •

a little something

I did a collaboration with the incredible Ade a little while.

Oct 27 •

9:16

The movement of every maker is marked by both descending and departing.

Oct 26 •

Everything a maker makes is a lantern set aloft indiscriminately.

Oct 22 •

hybrid collage papers

A short process video for one of the ways I make some of my printed collage papers and digital assets for collage sketches.

Oct 20 •

14:15

maps and microscopes

I’ve talked about architects and gardeners. About the makers who plan and create with meticulous rigor and obsession. And the makers who plant the seeds…

Oct 19 •

It’s easy to point the finger.

Oct 15 •

Some rambling, tangential thoughts on a passage from Cheryl Strayed’s book, Tiny Beautiful Things:

Oct 13 •

15:05

I used to think that a good citizen’s highest responsibility was to be actively informed and engaged with the overwhelming problems of the world.

Oct 12 •

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