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How to avoid cynicism:
Act in ways opposite to your instinct. If you hate something, find out more about it. Again ask 'What is this?', 'Who made this?', 'Who is this for?' Genuinely. Never stop doing this"
-via @being_on_line
Happiness is self-fulfillment. If a person neglects fulfilling any capacity to create that he has, there is an inherent feeling of unhappiness. If a person is gifted artistically and doesn’t express it, if they’re gifted musically and don’t express it, they’re neglecting a part of themselves. We need to realize what we really are, the strength and
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Sam Kriss • All the Nerds Are Dead - By Sam Kriss - Numb at the Lodge
"I want more for you than from you."
The ongoing collapse of advertising revenue within the creative media landscape certainly exacerbates the issue, with publications forced to rely on reader subscriptions, sponsored content, or pay-for-play coverage to fund their platforms – two out of three of which limit any negative feedback almost entirely.
“I picked a bad time to become a critic” – Elizabeth Goodspeed on the collapse of design critique
by Elizabeth Goodspeed.
[the industry is now a positive feedback loop].
Sculpture by Nicolás Lamas from his 2021 exhibition, ‘Times in Collapse’.
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
from @archiveafrica
“Senegal 🇸🇳
Stills from the film Tauw by Ousmane Sembène/1970.
Tauw is one of Sembène’s early short works. It tells the story of two brothers in the generation after independence. Tauw, an unemployed 20-year-old, must deal with the consequences of the shifting morality and stifled job market in urban Senegal, while 11-year old Ouman must confront the contradictions of his religious instruction. Naturalistic in its presentation, Tauw dramatizes how unprepared both are to face the realities presented by a changing society. Although the story is a simple one, it is forcefully drawn and still poignant.
Words via https://africanfilmny.org/films/tauw/
Stills via @idelrasheed on TT”