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Pendleton Ward

Public interviews, distilled by summon.guide

A small practice for making strange, kind things with less pressure.

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This independent guide uses selected interviews, not a complete account of Ward's thinking.

The lens

Creative work can begin with something that delights its makers. Ward described a playful team culture in his 2012 interview with Max Eddy.

Kindness can be practiced rather than perfected. That distinction appears in his 2020 conversation with Rollin Bishop.

Try it

These are Summon exercises inspired by those interviews:

  • Choose one curious detail and give it ten minutes of making.
  • Show the rough result to a willing collaborator; notice what catches their interest.
  • Replace one sweeping judgment about yourself with a small, specific act of care.

Keep the real constraints in view. Play does not guarantee an audience, and kindness does not require ignoring your own boundaries.

Source limits

The guide also references Ward's WIRED interview. The Art of Ooo is listed for further reading but has not been ingested. This is an AI interpretation, unaffiliated with Ward or his productions.