Sylvie
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Sylvie
Time is the best editor.
If you have it, time is the easiest trick for self-editing. Simply put your work away long enough so when you come back to it you can see it with fresh eyes.
I’ve said this before: musical theatre is arguably America’s only original art form – born here, shaped here, continually reinvented on Broadway. Yes, of course it’s influenced by global traditions, but the musical is uniquely ours. So when the number of new works drops, I’m thinking it affects the health of the art form, not just the business.
Only 4 New Musicals Are [Currently] Slated to Open in the 2026–2027 Season — And Why It Matters to Me
Bringing people together: Almost without exception, the projects studied have made a significant contribution to bringing people together. At a simple level, more than nine out of ten respondents made new friends as a result of their involvement. This is such an ordinary outcome of participating in the arts that it can easily be underestimated:
... See moreFrançois Matarasso • Use or ornament? The social impact of participation in the arts
“figure out what you’re good at without trying, then try” is one of my all-time favourite sentiments — you’ll never get tired of doing what feels fun and easy to you, so why not *try* to make what you do indefinitely (your vocation) something you would do forever, with pleasure?
Isabel️twitter.comKurt Cobain once reminisced that if he could do it all over again, he would go back to those moments before they became big. When they were touring in a van and they could feel things starting to happen for them. That was the most gratifying moment in his memory. If he had his choice, they would have stayed there forever.
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Yancey Strickler • Small is more meaningful than big
dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams.
-Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring
That idea stuck with me. If art shapes how we perceive, connect, and innovate—why isn’t it considered essential in the same way food, clothing, and shelter are?
Art as A Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival
The fact that cleaning your room declutters your mind and clarifies your ideas goes to show how intertwined your thoughts and actions are: how you move influences how you think, and what you will influences what you do. Intentions create reality, and reality shapes intentions
Sherry Ning (@sherryning)
Most purposes for gatherings feel worthy and respectable but are also basic and bland: “We’re hosting a welcome dinner so that our new colleague feels comfortable in our tight-knit group,” or “I’m throwing a birthday party to look back on the year.” These are purposes, but they fail at the test for a meaningful reason for coming together: Does it
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