I imagine ateliers everywhere are occupied by confused people; people obsessing over their art while avoiding the specter of debt. You sacrifice a lot to be an artist, mostly financial security and sanity. Steven Mcgaughey created this website to keep a semblance of art in his life while in medical school. He promised himself that he would continue to sketch and doodle everyday. It is seemingly his panacea to keeping art in his life as he struggles with finding creating himself.
In “Gastric Subway” (below), his love of design and his passion for medicine live in perfect comity on the overcrowded web. I’m so happy I stumbled onto his work. It’s very rare you come across something so clever:
I’ve always found my interest in so many different fields to be a weakness. Journalism helped me to turn that weakness into a strength by giving me a medium to apply all my creative interests. But now that I’m transitioning into international development, I once again am thinking about what it really means to understand yourself and to truly enjoy what you do. Balance.
