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George Lucas and His Jedi Mind Trick

Jan 12

If you grow up in Germany, you absorb the stories of Karl May, if not from his vast catalog of literary works then from the film adaptations of the…

Dec 12, 2022

Chaplin, Carlin, and the Hilarity of Human Extinction

Dec 10, 2022

As an artist working to enrich your soul through the sanctified ritual of creative endeavor, you inevitably face one eternal truth: Your old work sucks…

Dec 9, 2022

in which Ashley confronts his pop culture nostalgia

Nov 17, 2022

As a career illustrator, one of the questions I am asked most often is “when are you going to throw that shirt away?” And because I learned long ago the…

Nov 17, 2022

This is WHOM, a newsletter about The Art and Why of Ashley Holt, the Prince of Portraits.

Nov 17, 2022

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