Elena
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Elena
So, there’s the trick. The path to taste is really as simple as writing a little plus and minus in the margin more often. If we apply this to digital space, we can turn them from an overwhelming and chaotic bombardment into a steady stream of things we find beautiful, that in turn, can define our tastes. For me, Are.na is a space for this kind of... See more
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
Mozart wrote over 200 hours of recorded music and never edited his work once (Don Giovanni’s overture was written the night before it was to be performed, he handed it to the copyists while hungover before 7am). Sometimes the less you edit the better. Trust your instincts. Inspiration comes fast, so if you’re taking too long to write something,... See more
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Cuando @RyanGosling fue galardonado en el Santa Barbara International Film Festival, su amigo Steve Carell le dedicó estas emotivas palabras...
... "¿Por qué odio a Ryan Gosling?" 🤣🤣
#SteveCarellEsUnPutoGenio
At present, we seem to be suffering from a widespread failure of literary imagination. We have become worse at imagining the experiences of other people, less inclined to credit these experiences as being as valid and real as our own. Why is this? In part, I think, because of the methods by, and pace at which, we acquire our stories. After all,... See more
I wanted an audience, but I also knew that having the wrong audience would be worse than having no audience, because they'd constrain me with their expectations, forcing me to focus on one tiny niche of my worldview at the expense of everything else, until I became a parody of myself.
It was clear to me that the only way to resist becoming what... See more
It was clear to me that the only way to resist becoming what... See more
Gurwinder • The Perils of Audience Capture
Por qué creo en crear una “fortaleza” alrededor de tu personalidad, tu perspectiva y tus ideas vs. elegir un nicho que te constriña y te convierta en cautivo del mismo.
sensuality is actually not what we can see. It's always about feeling, whether it's music, whether it's touch. And to increase our sort of consumption of sex, sensuality, we often close our eyes. But pornography is purely visual. And that's why pornography is not at all sensuous. That actually really disrupts our thinking about sex.
On the Enduring Relevance of Marshall McLuhan
Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you. You never know where you might end up. Just be aware that the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out of the... See more