Robin Good
@robingood
The *curation guy* - indie author, speaker, advisor - focus on empowering subject-matter experts, artists, creators.
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Curating = Unpacking for a General Audience
Thomas B. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shares in this TED video, his journey to become a respected museum curator, and the valuable discoveries and insights realized along the way.
This passage, in particular, struck with me louder than a thousand words:
"We live in an age of ubiquitous information, and sort of "just add water" expertise, but there's nothing that compares with the presentation of significant objects in a well-told narrative... what the curator does, the interpretation of a complex, esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience."
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...
Unlike vertical search aggregators, boutique search engines feel less like the Yellow Pages and more like texting your friends to ask for a recommendation. They have constrained supply, which is the foundation for their biggest moat: trust .
Sari Azout • The Future of Search Is Boutique
When your life genuinely interests you, everything shifts. You stop performing. You stop seeking constant reassurance. You become someone who exists fully, richly, independently—and that independence is the most seductive thing in the world. People sense it. They feel the pull of someone who does not need them, who has depth they cannot immediately... See more
Alexis McElroy • The Art of Being Unreachable
Guardians of culture.
Stewards of meaning.
That's what curators are.
Stewards of meaning.
That's what curators are.
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Seek people who love and give generously, who have the strength to suffer without causing damage. (Only strong people are safe people, the measure of strength being not the absence of vulnerability — and “weakness” is just a judgment term for vulnerability — but the ability to carry one’s vulnerability with such self-awareness and valor so as not... See more
Special Edition: 18 Life-Learnings from 18 Years of The Marginalian
life nudges and Life
Suffering is a tool. Eradicating it from society, may not be a wise choice.
CONCEPT WORK IS THE KEY TO PAID WORK!
Make a list of dream clients / brands
Create work for them
Send it to them. Post it on your... See more
Carson Scottsubstack.comArmed with a traditional film background, we faced a dilemma: shed the principles of our training to feed the algorithm's insatiable appetite for content, or hold fast to our ideals and risk missing out. Multiply output for likes and follows, or cultivate vision for something that seemed very distant, unpredictable, and way harder to reach. It was... See more