Month: March 2020

  • Letting Go While Holding On

    Dear Insane Children, Strange Days indeed. I hope you’re all staying safe and warm somewhere. Share your situation in the comments below. We need to hear from each other and support each other – now more than ever!  Here in Shanghai, we’re OK. Our 14-day home isolation period ended on Saturday night. On Sunday, we…

  • The Walls Are Closing In

    Dear Insane Children,  American here with a quick note…  I just spent the week picking, packing, labeling, and shipping out a huge number of art prints. Pretty sure that was the single largest batch of orders ever to be sent out the door at one time. Woo!  Big THANK YOU to Yan’s mom for helping…

  • Another Mini-Shanghai Update

    Hi there Font Lord here again with just a little update on what’s currently going on in this neck of the woods for those who don’t know   🙂 As the main image up there at the top suggests, we are in the final 4 or so days for the Enamel Pin goal. And as you…

  • Self Organizing Self

    Dear Insane Children,  One of those things I always end up pondering when I’m in “altered states” is the fractal organization of the universe. The idea that patterns of organization (shapes, ratios, distances) repeat on scales that range from galactic to microscopic. And that it stands to reason that we, as an expression of the…

  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Dear Insane Children,  One interesting thing about this virus whole situation is that it might just push the world into a New Mode of Being. Maybe we don’t need to all go to an office every day? Or we can telecommute to that meeting in Paris? Maybe game development teams of hundreds can be spread…

  • Heading Home!

    Dear Insane Children,  This afternoon Yan and I will begin our journey from Thailand to China and hope to arrive home in Shanghai sometime tonight. We’ve sent all the Pirates home safely from Pirate Jam – a huge stress off my shoulders. Chaos is packed up and ready to go into the boatyard for the…