Welcome! I'm Patrick. I'm a software designer and the creator of Unknown Arts.

My path has wound from philosophy to programming, from improv comedy to interface design. Each transition taught me something powerful: the most interesting work happens when you venture into unknown territory.

Now I'm deep in my latest exploration: artificial intelligence. Not just as another tool to learn, but as a fundamentally new kind of creative partner. Every day I'm running experiments, testing boundaries, and discovering how these tools might reshape not just how we work, but how we think about work itself.

Unknown Arts draws inspiration from Daedalus, who invented his way out of an impossible maze. In that spirit, I'm charting my own path through AI's labyrinth—exploring how it's reshaping creative work and what that means for our future.

What to Expect

Twice a week, I'll land in your inbox with:

• The Dispatch (Sundays): A structured deep-dive into my ongoing AI experiments, discoveries, and insights—translated into practical approaches you can apply to your own creative work.

• The Midweek Muse (Wednesdays): Reflective essays exploring the human side of our AI-augmented future, examining how these tools reshape creative work, career paths, and artistic expression.

🏁 Start Here

If you're new here, these pieces will get you going:

AI Techniques & Patterns

• Diving Into AI Prompting Patterns
  First steps into the creative power of AI

• Guide, Don't Command
  What happened when I stopped commanding AI and started thinking with it

• The Best Prompts Start as Conversations
  How my improv background led to better AI collaboration

AI & Society

• The Rise of Software as a Workforce
  We're not just getting better tools—we're getting new teammates

• The Inconvenient Truth About AI and Jobs
  Moving past comfortable narratives to face real challenges

• All Media is Now Multimedia
  How AI is erasing the boundaries between creative formats

Creative Mastery

• 10 Heuristics to Simplify Design Decision-making
  How I use industry wisdom to guide my work and avoid the paradox of choice

• Your Perfectionism is Lying to You
  Unpacking the counterintuitive approach that actually drives creative success

• Surviving the Taste Gap
  Learning to coexist with the tension between your taste and skills.

Why Subscribe?

By subscribing, you join thousands of forward-thinking creative professionals and entrepreneurs who believe that AI, when used thoughtfully, can amplify human creativity, not replace it. Together, we’re building a community of like-minded creatives who see technology as a tool for mastery, not a shortcut to exploit. If that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.