Lauren Crichton
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Lauren Crichton
On the occasion of the luminary Audre Lorde’s birthday, read excerpts of dialogue from the documentary film, “A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde” (Third World Newsreel, 1995), by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson, featuring the voices of Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, and others from our Summer 1996 issue. The reflections... See more
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Embrace Muddles // Brian Eno
🟠 You don’t need a perfect plan—just the willingness to start.
🟠 Most great work is improvised, not orchestrated.
🟠 Creativity often begins as chaos—then takes shape as you go.
Clarity comes after creation, not before. You don’t need... See more
contemporary.blueprintinstagram.comMy neighbor, a very prolific artist, on what he’s learned about creativity over the last sixty years.
If you work hard, you get into a good circle, where the more you make, the more you can do, and the more ideas comes to you. And conversely, if you're away from it, it’s very hard to get... See more
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Octavia Butler did not wait to feel inspired before she began. Long before she became one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, she was keeping notebooks that read less like romantic musings and more like a quiet contract with herself. Inside them: daily writing goals, affirmations written and rewritten, reminders to get up early, to... See more
1granaryinstagram.comA letter
What we don’t do
Last summer I was asked by the brave CEO of a large manufacturing business to tell their board what Vitsœ does differently.
In answering, differently, I proceeded to tell them what Vitsœ does not do; and why it does not. I will spare you the length of my list but it included ‘no earning of commission when selling invisible
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Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses—especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. — Leonardo da Vinci