I enjoy talking to people. I like exchange, disagreement, curiosity. Yet my social media presence might suggest otherwise, as if I’ve built a wall around myself. I didn’t. Those walls are built for me. And I’m expected to accept them, work within them, and pretend they’re natural.
For years, I assumed that if I struggled long enough, something would eventually become clear. That there would be a moment of clarity. A conclusion. Some kind of truth worth sharing.
After several years of struggling with this, it finally hit me.
My social media life is a mess. I quit Facebook in 2021. I tried to use Instagram the way it wanted me to be used, and eventually I failed there as well. At some point I needed a turning point. Or at least a pivot. 🛋️
I started wondering what people were actually interested in: something honest, or something that looked honest long enough to feel like breaking news. A revelation? A hidden truth? Something to react to immediately, preferably with “Bollocks!” Maybe feedback wasn’t what I needed. Maybe it was part of the problem.
So I decided to do less. Much less. I used social media only when I really had to. The result was simple: almost no activity. I posted nothing.
And as it turns out, my dog Pixel, a Jack Russell Terrier, taught me one very important thing:
A lot of people say creatives should be active online. I think that sometimes stepping aside, not forward, seems like the only way to stay honest. I had a wise dog explain that to me.
This kind of nothingness makes sense. It isn’t easy, and it isn’t passive. It’s a choice!
So I’ll stick with it. Mostly.
And every now and then, I’ll break the silence with a Hit and Crash comic, because I miss doing it.
Feel free to read quietly. No comments required.
The cover image is a photo from my trip to Czechia in 2023. It was a great, relaxing and sunny trip 😉
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