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John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, once said "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and
Art is the most basic expression of humans being humans. Art is people trying to communicate in a way that goes beyond language. The idea of cutting t
Not to sound like a raging humanist, but I believe we need more funding for the arts and humanities, not less. Taste, judgement, creativity, all of th
Art can be an emotional trigger for larger and deeper dialogues. It can blur the boundaries between things, the boundaries between us and the boundari
our lives are shaped by the stories we hear and our success depends on the stories we are told
What I realize now that I couldn’t recognize then is that when creative people aren’t creating, they slowly go insane.
Lately, it feels like every week, another major tour is being quietly cancelled because the seats aren’t selling.The music industry has a new diagnosi
mallory contois Dec 21Good Workthe hardest person to compete with is the one that’s having fun. if you’re not having fun, you’ll get beat by someone w
I journal a lot. I break down all of my thought processes. I think I apply a very analytical lens to my own thinking and I kind of modify it. Because
But procrastination isn’t laziness. And it’s not a lack of discipline.It’s usually a sign of ambivalence.
if you care deeply about something, you can compel other people to care through your work. You may find, too, that it may seem as if no one cares as i
By the time you open, the market has already decided. If demand is weak, no amount of creative excellence will fix it.
“sit down and let donna tartt go long in the third act” = honestly a line i will consider tattooing on my body
Any AI application can be copied by other teams. The winner gets determined by: 1) whether people know you exist 2) whether people like your vibe 3
When it comes to getting people invested in literature, I tend to believe that the right approach is not to beat people over the head with lectures ab
My mom threw me a “women of influence party” when I turned 16. (This was waaaay before social media and “influence culture”). She invited women from m
There were three of us so one-on-one time was hard, but she always used to take us either out alone or away overnight on our half birthdays. It made m
My mom set up a “secret closet” in each house we lived in growing up — it was a dedicated closet space filled with blankets and pillows and glow-in-th
My mom would come to every single sporting event we had and encourage the heck out of us. As we got older we got more embarrassed of her verbal encour
Who do I think I am that needs so much protection? Real humility is detaching from how important or unimportant, how good or not good, enough or not e
The ultimate moat, or the final competitive edge worth paying for, in my opinion, is an opinion.A perspective that only you can see, because the uniqu
It’s important to note that we’re able to run our business this way because of the early capital we raised, and our choice to stay lean and pursue fin
In other words, it's hard to pursue your fullest potential when your basic needs aren't met first. Download In February of this year, I burned out wit
What artists really need, writes Amy Whitaker in Art Thinking, “is not to be paid to make the things they already know how to make, but to somehow fin
This is the birth of the artist as we understand it today: someone possessed of a vision and talent that makes them stand apart.
There are two types of people making stuff: content creators and artists.Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are
To make the artists worthy of the money they were paid and the patrons worthy of having the money to dole out, art had to have powerful moral and spir
"I just found this hammer. What should I do with it?" Kind of a weird question, right? But it's just like asking "What should I do with this money?"
Time matters. So much of the rat race that squeezes your free time means you have to spend loads of money on convenience purchases (woke up too late f
after writing about money for a decade, what have I figured out about money, you ask? financial security isn't a number, it’s a relationship with "eno
It’s tempting to think of art as outside of our practical needs: art does not hold up walls or keep us warm; it derives its value from our perceptions
part of the point of sharing art is to give people something that cannot properly be valued.
“As an artist, I hate to measure my track record by money, but it does allow me to remain in the field. If I call myself an artist though, I have to u
The drive to create still stands outside of money: people will squeeze it into the cracks of their lives, sacrifice comfort or even necessity, fight a
Gatherings crackle and flourish when real thought goes into them, when (often invisible) structure is baked into them, and when a host has the curiosi
I try because I don’t think there is another way. I believe that human beings are objects in motion, and when that motion takes us farther away from e
Everybody wants to have a village, but few are willing to be villagers. Building presence takes work. It requires vulnerability, patience, and the wil
Because when you treat your projects like they have a lifecycle beyond a single marquee, you make better decisions from the start.You budget different
I’ve said this before: musical theatre is arguably America’s only original art form – born here, shaped here, continually reinvented on Broadway. Yes,
We are storytellers! Unlike a lot of other businesses that use social media our marketing and our product are the same thing! A story. So when we're i
That desire isn't an indulgence. It's the actual job. The producer's role is to create conditions where artists can take risks the market hasn't learn
a life task, which emerges, by definition, from whatever your life circumstances are. It’s what’s being asked of you, with your particular skills, res
The advice here is: go into the shed. Don't do anything yet, just look around. Observe and take stock. Make the space your own. And the first solution
The three-to-four hour rule functions, too, as a reminder of the profound truth that for finite humans the work is never done. A central point of the
Beyond the mountains, there are always more mountains, at least until you reach the final mountain before your time on earth comes to an end. In the m