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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

AI won’t solve all those problems. But for the first time, it can eliminate some of the barriers that prevented those women from even trying. The dist

• Talk to your peers about how much they’re making, ask for more money, and don’t take no for an answer! And when you’re successful in getting more mo

But using AI isn’t the core issue. How people use AI is. The root of this problem is that no one wants to think anymore. They want to outsource their

Before you decide you’re bad at something, make sure to change the conditions.

I always tell younger people, and we’ve talked about this before, too: you have to just go do the thing. You can’t just talk about wanting the job or

I’d say all of my ideas have come from living in the world and acting on instinct, not from sitting back and theorizing or looking at what other peopl

You don’t have to be the loudest or most connected person in the room. But you do need to be in the room. And if you’re already there, look around. Wh

Unfortunately, there is no substitute for thinking.

“AIM FOR YES.”

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

Wish Lists — Kristen DeLap

creativity is not separate from daily life. It is how we gather, how we grieve, how we remember, how we organize, and how we imagine what else is poss

Creativity is intelligence having fun

the function of your professional life is to find the most natural structure that allows you to turn the things you do as naturally as breathing or wa

There’s a lot of speculation and rhetoric these days about whether AI democratizes creativity or advances it. However, it is abundantly clear to me th

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

“You cannot underestimate the unimportance of practically everything.”

the function of your professional life is to find the most natural structure that allows you to turn the things you do as naturally as breathing or wa

our lives are shaped by the stories we hear and our success depends on the stories we are told

“So much of the power of theater, especially in dance, is bodies on a stage—who else is there, how people play off each other,

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

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