Alex Jungius
@jungle
Alex Jungius
Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big - V
AI is becoming an emotional first responder when the silence in life is too hard to bear.
This is what millionaires really chase
youtube.comOften when people are stuck in life it’s because they’re holding out for the delusional possibility of a costless way of getting what they want, instead of just paying the cost
It’s any time someone hesitates to make the thing they desperately want to make because they succumb to the avoidable things that kill creativity. There is never enough money or time. You will never feel you have enough knowledge. There are no perfect market conditions. Ideas never (read: shouldn’t) come with a guarantee of success. Just make the t
... See moreLauren Crichton • #93: Selling the Idea, Making the Thing, Respecting the Duty of Care #93: Selling the Idea, Making the Thing, Respecting the Duty of Care
I met some of my heroes and some of them sucked; I attended events that were hollow and demented but looked fun online; I eventually realized the best parts of my life weren’t exclusive whatsoever but run-of-the-mill: a result not of being elevated above my peers (on a stage, say) but thrust among them (in the crowd). In time I came to see these po... See more
Haley Nahman • #221: “The tension of staying too long”
Nowadays all of us want to be rather large don't we, we want to be big people, we want to make a big impression but arguably this is a fast route to mental illness because the graceful acceptance of your minuscule position in the cosmos is the gateway to calm and harmony - Alain de Botton