Sometimes, You Have To Say No To Your Friends To Say Yes To Your Work
When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever written. “I was on my way to my friend’s birthday party,” Miranda explains, “when that idea showed up in my head.” He was riding the New York City A Train when “the whole chorus showed up in my head, all at... See more
“everyone wants to be a DJ and no one wants to dance” has political implications that are worth mentioning. in general, we are taught to value authority over community
“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live... See more
Sitting down to write in 2025 is its own kind of war with forces of distraction and click-to-buy shit at every turn.
Shakespeare and Jane Austen didn’t have to fight the itch to check Instagram every ten minutes while making their work.
They had oil lamps and real problems like measles or... See more
“One of the reasons the tech industry is so creatively bankrupt is that people just focus on attributes you can measure,” said Jony Ive, when told of the insecurity Kushner had confided to Rick Rubin. “I was very lucky at Apple, because Steve [Jobs] showed me there was a way to articulate things like sensibility, intuition, taste, which all start... See more
the ideas already exist
the person who surfaces them at the right moment in the right context with a freshly curated set of words and shapes earns the glory of invention