Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
overwhelmingly passive.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Phones and social media encourage fast-food art. Not the fine-dining of wandering a museum
Noah Bradley • Art Is Dead: Mediocre Essays on How to Make Good Art and Not Be a Bad Artist
What causes us to notice a piece of art is rarely the point being made. We are drawn to the way an artist’s filter refracts ideas, not to the ideas themselves.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Often art arrives in movements.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
When making art, we create a mirror in which someone may see their own hidden reflection.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
a sudden vision, a pause to ponder, then a rush to get it all down.
Alexandra Schwartz • Miranda July Turns the Lights On
Art is confrontation.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Where good taste is demure, bad taste is bawdy. Where good taste is minimalist, bad taste is maximalist. Where good taste whispers, bad taste screams: “Look! React! Feel!”
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
Poparazzi, BeReal, Dispo — creating spaces for online appreciation of in-person presence