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Designed to Sing

Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty • Sing!

That means everyone is in service of the engineer.

Dan Mall • Design That Scales

Scientists have known for decades that the brain relegates more habitual jobs (like checking breathing and heart rate) to less thoughtful, more automatic, less energy-draining parts of the nervous system.

Bruce Springsteen • Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship (Goop Press)

like, you know, no reference point to go off of, that’s ego system. That’s “I am the synthesizer; therefore, you consume me and I give purpose to your identity.” Ecosystem is “I’m showing you every line that I pulled from, and I’m giving you access to every single person.”

Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director

"Doesn't it strike you as interesting that we are in the second decade of the 21st century and a lot of the most interesting music is still being made by people playing very primitive instruments like electric guitars and drums.

I mean, what is a drum kit? It could be a bunch of old chairs or cans or anything. It's really quite an arbitrary bunch of... See more

It’s probably fair to call Rick Ruben our leading figurehead in non-rational creativity. There’s much I respect about A Creative Act (2023)—I think psychological attunement is real—I just think it’s a bad starting point for beginners. Ruben is famous for unlocking artists who were a decade or more into their journey. Surrendering your ego makes a... See more

Michael Dean • How I Write

Regardless of whether or not we’re formally making art, we are all living as artists. We perceive, filter, and collect data, then curate an experience for ourselves and others based on this information set. Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by the mere fact of being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing process of

Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Often, we don’t even know what the connections are between the image and what we want to hear. Thinking of a specific image or story, or imagining that you’re scoring a film and then starting to play, will often bring a stronger direction to a meandering tune.