Archive - Duane Toops

It's difficult to care.

5 hrs ago •

Here’s the note I shared with a short video of my work bench set-up:

Jul 14 •

13:08

"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine will be provided", they say.

Jul 13 •

Everyday at my workbench I’m testing a theory.

Jul 9 •

inevitably brief

Have you ever found yourself in a position where, it’s not that you have nothing to say, it’s just that there’s so much, so tangled, that you don’t know…

Jul 7 •

16:39

Perfection is something sterile and hermitically sealed.

Jul 6 •

Matt Haig says that "Forward momentum...is not automatically good simply because it is forward momentum." Onward directionality for the sake of an…

Jul 2 •

June 2025

I fully planned to make a video for you today, it's just that I didn't have a plan for the video, so here we are.

Jun 30 •

There are firsts and there are lasts, and they are inextricably linked.

Jun 29 •

"Make the work now", Lisa McKenna says.

Jun 25 •

Someone described what I do as “playing music with only a few notes”, and I love that.

Jun 23 •

Makers of all stripes and disciplines sing the praises of a morning routine.

Jun 22 •

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