was inspired by his 9th-grade art teacher who told him he should become an art critic in the future – after reading a critique of Van Gogh he wrote for an assignment. Ideally, it serves as a way to publish writing on Art and other topics, is meant to be a written alternative to the clutches of social media (with all the pretentious opinions of a dilettante, naturally). Mammoth is ‘blogging after blogs were cool,’ and it wears that banner proudly. Although updates to the blog are tragically inconsistent, MammothAD is coming up on its third year, and has grown beyond its original goal of being an art blog into a personal writing archive, a photo gallery, and a (semi-)professional work portfolio.
