{"id":43749,"date":"2025-03-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=43749"},"modified":"2025-03-01T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:37:41","slug":"whats-in-my-now-asmus-helms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-asmus-helms\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Asmus Helms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asmushelms.dk\/\">Asmus Helms<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is an artist from Copenhagen. He paints on everything and has self-published two zines and two books. His works draw on autobiographical material, portraying people and places from his daily life. They range from everyday absurdities to themes like identity, addiction, and sexuality. Find him on Instagram&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/asmushelms\">@asmushelms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43750\" width=\"828\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/02\/wimb.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Custom Built-in Shelving Unit<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 My wife and I just moved into a new apartment, and a home isn\u2019t complete without books and art, so one of our bigger upgrades to the space was a built-in shelving unit in the living room. It was build by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madebybaden\/\">Made By Baden<\/a>&nbsp;and we love it.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/22HdmOo\">How To Be An Artist by Jerry Saltz<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A no-nonsense, inspiring guide to making art. It\u2019s packed with blunt advice, humor, and practical steps that cut through the usual artistic self-doubt.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montana-cans.com\/Montana-Foldable-Shopper\/103201\">Montana Foldable RPET Bag<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Holds all of the groceries, a bunch of spray cans, folds up small, and looks cool. Made from recycled plastic, it\u2019s tough, portable, and the perfect mix of function and aesthetics.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artcareeracademy.com\/\">The Art Career Academy<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Making a living as an artist is hard. I am not there yet, but this has helped me get much closer. It\u2019s practical, community-driven, and filled with real strategies instead of vague motivational nonsense.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@struthless\">Struthless&#8217; YouTube Channel<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Funny, smart, and useful. Self-help often gives me the ick, but Struthless is both brutally honest and very funny. His videos offer real insights on creativity, self-discipline, and making things that actually matter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Whatever you like it all fits in. It doesn&#8217;t matter how different those things are that you like. They all fit into this world of shit you like.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 El-P (On the &#8220;What Had Happened Was..&#8221; podcast)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #203<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43761,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43749\/revisions\/43761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}