Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
He said that it’s a very good idea that after you write a little bit, stop and then copy it. Because while you’re copying it, you’re thinking about it, and it’s giving you other ideas. And that’s the way I work. And it’s marvelous, just wonderful, the relationship between working and copying.
Mason Currey • Seek funny leaps
WORKING AND COPYING
One last thing: Tessa Hadley’s advice about copying reminds me of John Cage’s advice for composers, as relayed by his friend and fellow composer Morton Feldman—it was “the most important advice anybody ever gave me,” Feldman told a lecture audience in 1984.
The cast of Severance wasn’t initially told what MDR’s work actually meant.
Even the actors playing Mark, Helly, Dylan, and Irving had no clear explanation of what their characters were doing with the numbers, allowing them to portray their confusion and frustration more... See more
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Freddie deBoer • To Learn to Live in a Mundane Universe
I know that I’m supposed to hate Elon Musk; I was asked to review his biography because I’m the kind of person who can be relied upon to hate Elon Musk. Because of his terrible politics, or his hideous wealth. Or simply as a matter of taste. But despite everything, I find it very hard to hate the man. I can’t summon the energy; it all feels too... See more
Sam Kriss • Very Ordinary Men | The Point Magazine
gardening as a counterforce to disconnect, a salve to the illusion of human separateness and control, and a path toward what it means to live a truly good life.
Wonderground • Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care
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