Ember

A Starter Kit for When You Want to Make Something But Every Idea Feels Wrong, Blank, or Too Much

A bite-sized musing on how chaos, intuition, and messiness shape creativity far more than order ever could.

We didn’t invent our ideas of “good art” — we inherited them from colonial, capitalist systems that gatekeep beauty and creativity. This piece unpacks how “bad art” becomes a form of resistance: a way to unlearn the rules, reclaim intuition, and make art that serves you, not the hierarchy.

When perfectionism meets productivity culture, creativity gets crushed. This post explores how making “bad art”—that is art that rejects polish, productivity, and external validation—can help you reconnect with your creative freedom, rebuild self-trust, and rediscover joy in the process of making.

A bite-sized musing on the blurry line between being human and being an artist. If life itself is our canvas, where does artistry really begin—and does it ever end?

Creative concept? Actual person? Local cryptid, perhaps? Social movement? Actual school? Or a cult? An introduction to The Bad Art Teacher.