# hello. ## i'm chad. > [!right-card] > ![[coffeecup.svg]] I’m a guy who likes making stuff, mostly visual stuff. I make art and design interesting things. I also show others how to make neat things too. I live in the country with my wonderful wife, two crazy kids, four kitties, and a groundhog that lives under the shed. I am addicted to coffee. I enjoy eating tacos and ice-cream, but not at the same time. Learn even more [[! about me|about me]]. Teaching art and design has become my passion, I love helping students find their own artistic voices. Dig deeper into my [[teaching philosophy]] --- For now, this is a simple place to share resources with my visual design students and whoever else wanders onto the site. There’s a lot of stuff to discover. [[start here|Start here]] to learn more about the site and what I'm trying to do with it. There’s also a deeper explanation about my [[! mind garden|mind garden]] approach, if you are interested. There’s a huge list of sections and pages over to the left (or hidden in the menu if you are on mobile). There’s a lot to explore. It is sort of a mess but I’m trying to clean it up as I go along. Much of the content is really just for me and some of the pages are empty. So it goes. Learn about what I’m up to [[now]] or check out my [status log](https://mister-chad.status.lol). Here’s a curated blog of [neat finds](https://mister-chad.pika.page) that have captured my attention. It is built using [Pika](https://pika.page) which is built by the good folks at [Good Enough](https://goodenough.us). If you would like to talk, please [[contact|send me a note]]. --- ### find me on the net <div style="display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; justify-content: space-between; max-width: 600px;"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbennett1/" title="linkedin" style="width: 90px; margin: auto; text-align: center; font-size: .8rem;"> <svg width="24px" height="24px" viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z"/></svg><br/>linkedin</a><a href="https://github.com/chad-bennett?tab=repositories" title="github" style="width: 90px; 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