Poet and professor Ross Gay on abandoning capitalistic achievement to seek the freedom of play – The Creative Independent
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Poet and professor Ross Gay on abandoning capitalistic achievement to seek the freedom of play – The Creative Independent
for Schlick, it is possible for our work to become play. If work can take on the creative and self-sufficient character of play, then the distinction collapses: ‘Human action is work, not because it bears fruit, but only when it proceeds from, and is governed by, the thought of its fruit … It is the joy in sheer creation, the dedication to the
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As much dismantling as I’ve done, I still feel vulnerable admitting that I’ve been taking time to play instead of produce, be present instead of perform. There is the urge to showcase direct action, list my tangible steps towards building resistance, as if I need to justify joy.
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Accessing childlike spirit in our art and our lives is worth aspiring to. It’s simple to do if you haven’t accumulated too many fixed habits and thoughts. If you have, it’s very difficult. Nearly impossible.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“Sometimes your house feels like a store and your life feels like a job.”
Few sentences have hit us as hard as this line from YACHT’s recent video announcing their new album, “New Release,” with Metalabel.
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