jharry

Search for Peace and Work to Maintain It

May 18, 2026 in LIFE LOGS

Peace isn’t some unreachable spiritual state granted to a lucky few. Psalm 34:14 says to “search for peace and work to maintain it,” and the older I get, the more I understand why. This is a reflection on creativity, boundaries, movement, faith, and the environments that help me protect peace in a chaotic world

The Morning Download

May 18, 2026 in LIFE LOGS

A reflection on protecting the mind during the first moments of the day, how dreams and first thoughts often become songs, ideas, and sales, and why I avoid phones in the morning to hear myself think before the world interrupts.

Protect the Vision: Why I Take Ownership Seriously

April 26, 2026 in LIFE LOGS

Notes from the World Arts Expo panel on art, ownership, and the Crayola story my high school art teacher told me. Why every creator needs a paper trail — and why people see courtroom sketches in my work without knowing my background.

From Donkey Kong to the Panel: How I Built My Language as an Artist

April 26, 2026 in LIFE LOGS

From drawing Donkey Kong as a kid to speaking on a live panel, this is how I built my language as an artist—and why it still evolves.

Drawing the cover for When You Step on a Tiger’s Tail (47 seconds)

March 10, 2026

Detroit artist JHarry drew his own EP cover — pencil, color, his hands. 47 seconds of process. Years of vision. When You Step On A Tiger's Tail is out now.

NEW MILESTONE REACHED ON APPLE MUSC

December 10, 2021

Continue to support on @applemusic! Thanks to everyone whoever Shazam’d a song! New music coming soon

STREAM/BUY "LONG MAY HE REIGN: AN ALBUM BY JHARRY" today!

December 26, 2020

PRACTICE POWER

December 01, 2016

PRACTICE POWER

Lately we’ve been discussing practice and the power you gain from it. We know that the most gifted/skilled people in the world didn’t just wake up and become great but yet it still feel like we greatly underestimate how much they’ve practiced. I think we underestimate practice so much because we still haven’t learned the true distinction between talent and skill.

Talent is what you’re born with but skill is something that you develop. Skill is harnessed through the power of repetition . You may or may not know that I’m an artist and in order to be a GREAT one you have to draw EVERYDAY! I didn’t understand that until my senior year of college. I was finishing summer school and I would have so much time in the day I would start back the habit of drawing again. Fast forward to present day and there isn’t a SINGLE DAY where I DON’T draw. Of course masterpieces aren’t created everyday but the point is to do something until it become second nature.

It’s just like Stephen Curry being a great three point shooter. He shoots the ball so much that eventually the ball has to go in furthermore, the ball have to go in at much higher rates the more he shoots the ball. Apply that logic to any talent you have and watch how skilled you will become.