UPPERCASE #67
October-November-December 2025


Dear Reader,


It is often said that creativity thrives on constraints.


Boundaries can help us focus our attention and concentrate our ideas. Restricting our materials, mediums and methods can allow us to hone

our technique.


The removal of excess stimuli and visual clutter can be strategic.

For example, artists and designers will often restrict their palette to the bare minimum: black and white.


Contrast, shape, line and negative spaces are accentuated. The absence of colour can make art more impactful and messages more powerful.

The lack of something becomes its strength.


Likewise, stencils promote creativity through absence: the holes become portals through which we make something new.


Possibility dwells in the empty spaces!


Go ahead—create something from nothing.



Janine Vangool
publisher / editor / designer

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— Mailing update September 30 —

Canadian subscribers as of Sept 10, your copies of issue #67 are stuck in Canada Post strike limbo.
Sorry, there's nothing we can do but wait for delivery to resume. I will email affected subscribers with digital access to this issue.
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