Steve Lovelace https://steve-lovelace.com/ Writer and Graphic Designer Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.6 Why I Love the London Tube Map https://steve-lovelace.com/why-i-love-the-london-tube-map/ https://steve-lovelace.com/why-i-love-the-london-tube-map/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2022 05:00:26 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11045 Why I Love the London Tube Map — Steve Lovelace

I love maps, as my many posts on this site make clear. It’s hard to pick a favorite, since there are so many maps in this world with so many designs and purposes. Still,...

Why I Love the London Tube Map — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/why-i-love-the-london-tube-map/feed/ 2 How Surrealist Art Reflects Reality https://steve-lovelace.com/how-surrealist-art-reflects-reality/ https://steve-lovelace.com/how-surrealist-art-reflects-reality/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:00:15 +0000 https://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11831 How Surrealist Art Reflects Reality — Steve Lovelace

One of my favorite paintings is “The Treachery of Images” (“La Trahison des Images“) by René Magritte. Even if you don’t know the title or the artist, you may have seen it. It’s an...

How Surrealist Art Reflects Reality — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/how-surrealist-art-reflects-reality/feed/ 2 “Mining the Iceberg” with Emotional Writing https://steve-lovelace.com/emotional-writing/ https://steve-lovelace.com/emotional-writing/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11723 “Mining the Iceberg” with Emotional Writing — Steve Lovelace

Every Saturday morning, I go down to the coffee shop to do some writing. It’s one of my favorite things to do. Now I’ve always loved going to the coffee shop, and I’ve always...

“Mining the Iceberg” with Emotional Writing — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/emotional-writing/feed/ 2 Music Genres in the 1990s https://steve-lovelace.com/music-genres-in-the-1990s/ https://steve-lovelace.com/music-genres-in-the-1990s/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2022 06:00:55 +0000 https://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11721 Music Genres in the 1990s — Steve Lovelace

They were playing 1980s “hair metal” at the coffee shop recently: bands like Guns ‘n Roses and Mötley Crüe. Then all of a sudden, I heard the opening riffs of Nirvana’s “About a Girl”....

Music Genres in the 1990s — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/music-genres-in-the-1990s/feed/ 4 The Viking Origins of “They/Them” https://steve-lovelace.com/the-viking-origins-of-they-them/ https://steve-lovelace.com/the-viking-origins-of-they-them/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2022 06:00:09 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11650 The Viking Origins of “They/Them” — Steve Lovelace

Pronouns have really come into the spotlight in recent years. It’s now fairly common for people to put “he/him”, “she/her”, or “they/them” in their social media profiles and email signatures. This is a way...

The Viking Origins of “They/Them” — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/the-viking-origins-of-they-them/feed/ 4 Zoom Fatigue and the Uncanny Valley https://steve-lovelace.com/zoom-fatigue-uncanny-valley/ https://steve-lovelace.com/zoom-fatigue-uncanny-valley/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:00:10 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11679 Zoom Fatigue and the Uncanny Valley — Steve Lovelace

Video chat has been a concept for years. I grew up watching the Jetsons and Star Trek. I remember reading about video phones in 1990s magazines, and my phone has had the capability for...

Zoom Fatigue and the Uncanny Valley — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/zoom-fatigue-uncanny-valley/feed/ 2 The Power of Irrational Thought https://steve-lovelace.com/the-power-of-irrational-thought/ https://steve-lovelace.com/the-power-of-irrational-thought/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:04 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11698 The Power of Irrational Thought — Steve Lovelace

I minored in political science, mostly by accident. I took a few poli-sci classes, and by the time I realized it wasn’t for me, I had enough credits to get a specialization on my...

The Power of Irrational Thought — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/the-power-of-irrational-thought/feed/ 2 Logarithmic Time and Getting Older https://steve-lovelace.com/logarithmic-time-and-getting-older/ https://steve-lovelace.com/logarithmic-time-and-getting-older/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:47 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11686 Logarithmic Time and Getting Older — Steve Lovelace

It’s been two years since I wrote a blog post. I can’t believe it. I also missed the 10th anniversary of my blog in August, though as I wrote many years ago, I don’t...

Logarithmic Time and Getting Older — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

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My least favorite class was always gym class. I never liked penmanship much either, but gym was far worse. Especially for a nerdy kid like me, gym was an hour a day of the...

Gym Class: Not for Nerds — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

]]> https://steve-lovelace.com/gym-class-not-for-nerds/feed/ 2 Going Stag to Senior Prom https://steve-lovelace.com/going-stag-to-senior-prom/ https://steve-lovelace.com/going-stag-to-senior-prom/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2019 05:00:56 +0000 http://steve-lovelace.com/?p=11317 Going Stag to Senior Prom — Steve Lovelace

School seems so dumb sometimes, even for kids who like school. I took my schooling pretty seriously, to the point where I thought that everything else was a bunch of BS. Unfortunately for me,...

Going Stag to Senior Prom — Steve Lovelace - Writer and Graphic Designer

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