Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer, actor, songwriter, filmmaker, etc.) are long shots not because success relies on wild luck or rare genius or insane connections. Success stories pretty reliably happen for people who combine three... See more
Tim Urbanx.comif creativity comes to us in the shower, how do we first build that shower.
Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art
Why read when you can stream?
Why write when you can scroll?
Why create when you can rage?
Who or what can really solve loneliness?
Once I write a story, it’s gone, it’s like it’s not mine anymore. And I’m not tempted to edit it or change it.
Adrian Zupp • Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview
Having discovered the curious effect of composing in a foreign language, thereby acquiring a creative rhythm distinctly my own, I returned my Olivetti to the closet and once more pulled out my sheaf of manuscript paper and my fountain pen. Then I sat down and “translated” the chapter or so that I had written in English into Japanese. Well,... See more
‘I want to open a window in their souls’: Haruki Murakami on the power of writing simply
Post Cards from America: X-rays from Hell
A personal narrative reflecting on life, death, and the AIDS crisis, exploring fear, societal indifference, the struggle for representation, and the urgency of public acknowledgment of grief and mortality.
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