Alex Burns
@alexgraceburns
Alex Burns
Time is the most undervalued ingredient in creativity. It’s not a luxury. It’s a necessity. Only proper time allows for proper exploration. Proper exploration will result in better insight, concepts and results. The more time you allow for creative work, ironically the faster you are likely to reach a breakthrough.
Playground Principles
“We live in an age of discovery,” Adams’s sister wrote to her, “One of our acquaintances discovered that a full grown child may be produced in less than five months!”
She goes on to explain that the husband of the new mother in question was out of town nine months earlier ... suggesting this baby is not, in fact, a miracle of the age of discovery... See more
She goes on to explain that the husband of the new mother in question was out of town nine months earlier ... suggesting this baby is not, in fact, a miracle of the age of discovery... See more
Byrd Pinkerton • Hidden from history: Archivists reveal the lives of famous, and not-so-famous, women
Here’s a short excerpt of my essay about A.I. and creativity in the New York Times Magazine.
Follow the link in the story to read the whole piece.
Endless thanks to @gailbichler , @billwasik and most importanly the amazing @annie76828 who designed the issue and still had the patience to discuss and improve every tiny detail of my... See more
instagram.comDon't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine...Fill your website with your work with your ideas and the stuff you care about. Don't let it fall into neglect. Think about it in the long term. Stick with it, maintain it, and let it change you over time.
In early interviews with Whaley, he often talked about the internet being the magic ingredient to MSCHF: “Life is too short and the internet is too big to not make what you want.”
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
“Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls—while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.”
The Dark Forest: Theory of the Internet
Do a lot of work — do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week, or every month, you know you’re going to finish one story. Because it’s only by actually going through a volume of work that you are actually going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you’re making will be as good as your ambitions.