Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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As Susan Sontag said , to understand art we shouldn’t focus on the content (whether that’s political art that tells us what we want to hear, or easy art that appeals to our genre preferences). Instead, we must be able to say how it is what it is . We must have read, seen, and heard enough to know how each new work compares, where it fits.
Henry Oliver • How to have good taste
‘Scene Cool’ values high quality over high sales, fellow tastemakers over mass-market followers, and specific geographical context over post-geographic audiences. While ‘Internet Cool’ chases clout and virality across global digital networks.
The ‘Scene Cool’ practices a studied absence from digital performance. Their power derives from what they... See more
The ‘Scene Cool’ practices a studied absence from digital performance. Their power derives from what they... See more
Sarah Johnson • Issue 007: The Curation Renaissance
Marsh lays out several prerequisites for the person curating a digital exhibition. First and foremost, they need a “willingness to engage with [their] content on a level deep enough to perceive its meaning and significance." Understanding the audience, including “what they would find interesting, valuable, or compelling," is also critical. Further,... See more
Deep Synergy
Curating requires:
1. knowing deeply what’s being curated
2. understanding who you are curating for
3. intentionality and creativity
It’s about the same trap in professional life: doing the thing for years, getting more experienced, and staying stuck at the same level. You can work hard for a very long time without getting better—not because you’re lazy or untalented, but because you’re confusing practice with deliberate practice.
Just a moment...
only once you can be a curator can you become a creator
Substack • Search "curation" on Substack
Some women are memorable because they are beautiful. Some because they are charismatic. Some because they are wealthy or visibly accomplished.
But there is another category of woman who leaves a stronger impression than all of them.
A woman with perspective.
She can speak about things with depth. She has her own lens on the world. She notices details... See more
But there is another category of woman who leaves a stronger impression than all of them.
A woman with perspective.
She can speak about things with depth. She has her own lens on the world. She notices details... See more
Gabrielle Dubois Meloff • How to develop a point of view
This may very well be the kind of worldbuilding I’d like to pursue. This is what it looks like.
The ancients anchored it in kinship. Modernity anchored it in law. Our digital age anchors it in verification and verified data. Perhaps the future lies not in replacing one anchor with another, but in braiding them — A trust that is both verifiable and humane, both algorithmic and moral, both scalable and soulful. Because in the end, the goal is not merely to make trust work — but to make it worth something.
Rick Rubin Is the Future of Work