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    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
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Lichtenbergianism
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/
May 28, 2025

Enlarging an image for a hand-painted poster, part 2

May 28, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Enlarging an image for a hand-painted poster, part 2

In which I show you the rest of the process to enlarge an image for a poster by hand…

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Fonts, Strategies, Materials, Design
Steal from the Best
May 26, 2025

Enlarging an image for a hand-painted poster, part 1

May 26, 2025/ Dale Lyles
Enlarging an image for a hand-painted poster, part 1

In which I give you a handy step-by-step to printing out a large graphic design onto letter-size paper…

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May 26, 2025/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Design, Fonts, Materials, Strategies
Steal from the Best
March 17, 2025

A pro tip for WASTE BOOKS

March 17, 2025/ Dale Lyles
A pro tip for WASTE BOOKS

In which I show you a way to protect your WASTE BOOK from wear and tear…

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Burning, Materials, Resources
Waste Books
April 10, 2024

That's random...

April 10, 2024/ Dale Lyles
That's random...

In which I encourage you to leave your roadmap behind when you’re lost and use random strategies to find your way forward…

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Creative Spirit, Materials, Resources
Ritual
June 28, 2023

WHO PUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS OVER THERE UNDER THAT?

June 28, 2023/ Dale Lyles
WHO PUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS OVER THERE UNDER THAT?

In which I have regrets in practicing Lichtenbergian #TaskAvoidance…

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Galaxy Project, Lichtenbergianism, Lizard decoration, Materials
Abortive Attempts, Make The Thing That Is Not, Abandonment
December 08, 2021

How to waste art supplies

December 08, 2021/ Dale Lyles
How to waste art supplies

In which I give explicit instructions — EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS — on how to waste art supplies productively…

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Artists, Creative Spirit, Materials
Abortive Attempts
November 25, 2020

Random musings

November 25, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Random musings

In which I ramble about new tools/supplies without being at all inspirational…

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November 25, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
50 Postcards, Fence Art Project, Materials
November 18, 2020

Wasting Away in Captivity, part 2

November 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Wasting Away in Captivity, part 2

In which I waste art supplies…

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November 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ 1 Comment
Wastings, Strategies, Materials
Abortive Attempts, Gestalt, Successive Approximation, Make The Thing That Is Not
September 18, 2020

Fun Friday Resources

September 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Fun Friday Resources

In which I give you both a list of really good resources for historical design and an assignment…

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Design, Resources, Materials
Steal from the Best
March 18, 2020

Uncovering work

March 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles
Uncovering work

In which I share ABANDONED projects revealed by the retreating tide of clutter…

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March 18, 2020/ Dale Lyles/ Comment
Lichtenbergianism, Materials
Abandonment, Abortive Attempts
  • Next
  • Home/
  • What?/
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 1
    • Lichtenbergianism: Step 2
    • Glossary
  • Blog/
  • The Nine Precepts/
    • 0. The Airport Version
    • 1. Task Avoidance
    • 2. Waste Books
    • 3. Abortive Attempts
    • 4. Gestalt
    • 5. Successive Approximation
    • 6. Ritual
    • 7. Steal from the Best
    • 8. Audience
    • 9. Abandonment
  • The Books/
    • The Book
    • Young Person's Guide
  • About/Now/
  • Burn Projects/
    • GALAXY
    • GALAXY Soundtrack
    • March from the Dark Side
  • Contact/Hire Me/

Lichtenbergianism

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