SIX at 6: Swiss Cheese, in the Heights, Wylie Dufresne, STORY, Owning Your Style, and the Fallow Periods
Billy Oppenheimerbillyoppenheimer.com
SIX at 6: Swiss Cheese, in the Heights, Wylie Dufresne, STORY, Owning Your Style, and the Fallow Periods
SIX at 6: A Dividing Line Between Success And Failure, Staring At A Word, The Creating Brain, A Productivity Trick, A Night of Pure Boredom, and Periods of Nondoing - Billy Oppenheimer
Billy Oppenheimerbillyoppenheimer.comWhen I get blocked in my work, I just quit.
I used to think that the best thing to do when experiencing a painting block was to put my head down and try to push straight through.
Now I try to think of the word ‘block’ from a different angle. A colon gets blocked; an artist has dry spells. A dry spell is a good sign: it means you’re working. The only... See more
I used to think that the best thing to do when experiencing a painting block was to put my head down and try to push straight through.
Now I try to think of the word ‘block’ from a different angle. A colon gets blocked; an artist has dry spells. A dry spell is a good sign: it means you’re working. The only... See more
Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You
What Is Creativity? Cultural Icons on What Ideation Is and How It Works
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
There’s also something to be said about collating and curating in the slow writing process—facts, knowledge, smells, descriptions, stories, passport stamps, headlines—until the collection becomes part of the transformation process. Through acute and critical attention, away from the drive of production, toward the singularity of studying a branch,... See more
Melissa Matthewson • A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
18 bits of wisdom from @Billy Oppenheimer (and his many influences) on process, discovery, and becoming
Jackson Dahlsubstack.com