Matt Adams
@pov_mmga
creative soul curating ideas in an attention economy
Matt Adams
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The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
The past is always in stock, the future is on pre-order, and the present is a single infinite-scrollable pane of now .
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“Try to sell a $5 bill at a bus stop for $1. Odds are they’ll ignore you or walk away. It feels like a scam. The ‘no’ you get isn’t someone rejecting you... it’s someone examining the story and comparing it to their worldview. People buy (or reject) stories, not you.”
Matt Klein • Interview with Seth Godin: On Strategy, Stories & How to Hack Back
Seth Godin on the power of the story to change behavior.
When even transgression is pre-packaged for consumption, the last frontier of resistance is not creativity but nihilism—a bleak symptom of a culture that has posted, pinned, and monetized everything else.
Brian Lange • Article
Early is late. Late is early. If something fades out of collective consciousness, it’s a perfect time to revive it because it’s ready to be absorbed.
Brian Lange • Article
- YouTube
youtube.comNothing mattering allows us to create our own meanings. Stories of truth, love, drugs, rock and roll, money, chickens, and eggs, walruses – all stories, sure, so you better pick the ones that really matter. Which stories really matter?
Alex Dobrenko` • Beautiful Disasters
Create a space for you. Nothing mattered before and now you add matter (meaning) into the equation. Watch you landscapes change. The Chicken or The Egg? A style or the lamp?