No, not the "its 2026 and the rise of fascism has caused me to abuse substances" kind of breakdown (well okay, a bit of that kind). No, today I thought I'd write about my own work, providing both a technical and conceptual breakdown of the main processes I go through in creating a piece. So, lets make like a KOL in front of a pile of snow, and dive in. It starts with an idea, as simplistic and self evident as that sounds. Now sometimes theres only the kernel of an idea, som

Im sure many of you will know the term 'Easter Egg'. It is the name given to hidden messages, motifs, or even features in media, most commonly found in video games. This usage of the term was coined by Steve Wright, an Atari director in the 80s. But this moment of phrasing isn't the interesting part of the story. The interesting part is why Atari directors suddenly felt the need to to address, name, and define the presence of these hidden inclusions. You see, company policy a

A motionless mouse and quiet keyboard filled my peripheries for hours. Sentences half formed, paragraphs written through in rough part before being deleted. Thoughts that jump from one place to the next, at times languishing in the paradoxical void of simply trying to think of "something to think of". Now some of this stop-start stalling is undoubtedly due in part to the quantity of writing put out over the last year. As familiar areas are exhausted the demands of research an