The computer is very good for me; I can magnify my work very easily.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.
I work in a room overlooking the river. I try to get to my desk as soon as I've fed my cats and chickens. I use a blue 3B pencil and scribble away for about 20 pages before transferring it to the computer.
The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.
I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.
I find the experience of keeping a journal much more creative on paper than on a computer. When I write, I'm physically immersed in the world and slow down, whereas on screen, I use my senses in a less engaged way - and I skim more.
It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.
The computer is a tool, just like pencil or charcoal, allowing illustrators to manipulate images from their sketchbooks.
I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand.