Erikc Perez-Perez

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Chicago photographer.

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Even when corporations did enter the picture, artists working with publishing houses or record companies, for example, had little contact with the business side of things. “Before the internet came along, artists not only could let their companies worry about the money, but they actually didn’t have a choice. The companies didn’t let them,” says... See more

Rebecca Jennings • Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.

"Don't do the deferred life plan. I've watched so many people say 'I'll do what i really care about later', but it never seems to happen. The people who say (and do) 'either right now or probably never' all seem pretty content. As my grandma loves to say, 'It's later than you think.'" - Sam Altman

To ask, every day, "What matters, in the end?" is to create the possibility of differentiated choice, the potential to overthrow the tyranny of our history, so as to honour something in us that has always been there, waiting for our courage.

— James Hollis

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Suffer for the art

How I Got My Attention Back

Craig Mod craigmod.com

"I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing when you put down your pen again; a writer is always writing, seeing everything through a thin mist of words, fitting swift little descriptions to everything he sees, always noticing.

Just as I... See more

On being a writer

Ancestry, La Luche Libre & AI: Digressions on Intentional Image Making

baukunst.co

However, Kafka clearly cared about what other people thought of his work because he believed it was terrible and feared that others would also think so. This is why he destroyed 90% of everything he ever wrote (imagine how much "select all + backspace" he would have used on Google Docs).

He did not necessarily seek fame, but he wanted his writing to... See more

Write For Yourself

I can’t help but have noticed that we’re afraid to speak about our beliefs in polite society. If you don’t know where people around you stand, today you are less likely to talk about who you’re voting for, or about your religious beliefs. Perhaps it’s because it’s no longer acceptable. If you’re with your church friends of course, you can talk