J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
Writing is refined thinking.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
Before we had vibes, we had the chillier, more Germanic zeitgeist. Both tap into our appetite for locating our lives within a bigger picture. But vibes are crowd-sourced and ground-up, where the zeitgeist was ordained by experts, a trickle-down form of cultural economics.
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I have a theory that the average beauty routine expands in direct proportion to political upheaval. Call it the Aesthetic Index.
Are we heading for a beauty burnout?
The elevated levels of sadness and fear are, I believe, at least in part the result of our philosophically sedentary lifestyle.
Imagine if we could turn off the fear of making something lame. Imagine how much more we'd do.
Paul Graham • Early Work
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a