Pay attention up to the point where it’s useful, then stop. And please, please, please don’t stop making art. Especially weird shit. We need you right now more than ever.

In January, when McMillan announced his intention to open Suckerpunch, Portland’s first entirely zero-proof bar, the response was similarly overwhelming. Within days, hundreds of people signed up for the bar’s mailing list, and a preview event at Roseline Coffee in February sold out in advance.