Grant Hinkson

Grant Hinkson: On Creating

At the end of 2025 I started a series on Substack called On Creating. I’m currently using the platform to share thoughts on the process of building and making, based on a presentation called The Prototyper’s Mindset I shared for the XR Creator Con 2025 (XRCC) online Hackathon.

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And here, a collection of notes that either haven’t (or won’t) make their way to Substack.

  • PNW Art & Tech Symposium

    I participated in the first annual PNW Art & Tech Symposium both as a speaker and an artist, and while I’ve posted about this across social media channels, I thought pulling all of that content together in one place is worth a few minutes of my time. On LinkedIn I explained: Last week’s PNW Art

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  • Urgency

    Earlier this week my wife said, “you know it’s all made up, right?” This was in response to me saying I had things I had to get done. I said, “I know. But it’s still important. to. me.” The unspoken it she was referring to? The priority. The urgency. The made up construct of importance.

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