Kojo
@kojobaffoe
Storyteller, Writer, Content Strategist, Freelance Editor, Author: Listen To Your Footsteps, Host: Listen To Your Footsteps Podcast, African, Father
Kojo
kojobaffoe.com
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
As the world hurtles on toward its mysterious rendezvous, the old act of slowly reading a serious book becomes an elegiac exercise.
Sven Birkerts • The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
I don’t write to simply generate a 1,200 word output. I consider writing to be an extension of my curiosity, and the writing process itself is what turns a rough idea into a finished product. [...] Writing is a metamorphosis that turns vague abstractions into novel ideas, but you have to go through the writing process to connect the various points... See more
Thomas Klaffke • From Chasing Goals To Falling In Love With The Process
I think life is a kind of laboratory where you can try anything.
Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
No matter how much time I spend catching up on all the interesting links in my inbox, the Internet generates content way faster than I am able to consume it.
Sari Azout • Check Your Pulse #43
I don’t like being seen as a content creator. In fact, I don’t believe content creation or writing is an occupation, because it denotes that creating or writing is a thing we do, instead of something we embody naturally.
For me, writing is not what I do , it’s who I am.
I do not try.
Creating/writing comes out of me the way I sweat during a workout:... See more
For me, writing is not what I do , it’s who I am.
I do not try.
Creating/writing comes out of me the way I sweat during a workout:... See more
Sherry Ning • Escape Competition Through Authenticity
Shopping for the perfect winter riding jacket
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Put simply: to highlight the importance of storytelling in work, in life, in all things.A business without a clear story resembles a car without an engine. No matter how much you kick, scream, or turn its crankshaft over, it won’t go anywhere. It’s no more than a dead vehicle sitting (or a dead company walking, for that matter).Like near all things... See more