when creating vector, i thought of...
Taste is the bone-deep feeling that you’ve made something good. It is a sense, inexplicable and ephemeral. But it’s also a tangible skill that’s increasingly essential. Taste is how a business differentiates itself when attention is scarce and choice is abundant. Knowing what to make is just as important as the ability to make it.
There’s an even b... See more
There’s an even b... See more
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
The speed of our forward motion is directly related to the velocity of the people around us
My generic career advice for young people is that if at all possible, you should aim to work on something that no one has a word for. Spend your energies where we don’t have a name for what you are doing, where it takes a while to explain to your mother what it is you do. When you are ahead of language, that means you are in a spot where it is more
... See moreHow Liquid Death founder, Mike Cessario, created a billion dollar water brand
open.spotify.compeople aren’t paying for the creative work that people actually wanna do!
sometimes it’s better to not know the rules, coming in like “you can’t do that you can’t do that”
We’re just happy to see a great creative idea that hasn’t been crushed by the forces of mediocrity that have a stranglehold on the behind-the-scenes stuff: channels, distribution, platforms, shelf space.
All creative work is at bottom a means of self-liberation and a coping mechanism — for the loneliness, the despair, the chaos and contradiction within. It is the best means we have of transmuting that which gnaws at us into something that nourishes, and yet how little of that private ferment is visible in the finished work
Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent
When you hit publish, you are far more likely to strive valiantly towards your deepest desires, and live in accord with the values you committed to the page.
The process of earnest striving, and living in integrity with your words, only feeds the fire, and attracts ever more people and opportunities into your world. Writing and publishing a manifest... See more
The process of earnest striving, and living in integrity with your words, only feeds the fire, and attracts ever more people and opportunities into your world. Writing and publishing a manifest... See more
rob hardy • Manifestos Are Magic Spells
Creating is an indulgence in itself, and I feel immense privilege that I can create