Sylvie
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Sylvie
"A simple recipe for finding opportunities:
It's hard for a warm and pleasant person who is asking a lot of questions and engaging in their industry daily to not come across interesting opportunities."
- Be pleasant
- Ask questions
- Engage daily
It's hard for a warm and pleasant person who is asking a lot of questions and engaging in their industry daily to not come across interesting opportunities."
3-2-1: Two ways to grow, how to criticize, and a simple recipe for finding good opportunities
“Every time you try to show how smart you are, your writing immediately gets worse.”
You're probably smarter than you think
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
The role of the artist
Ooof. Albert Einstein's letter to his daughter Lieserl ❤️
When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.
I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more
When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.
I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more
substack.com • Home | Substack
So, money is good, and money is necessary, and money is that thing that tells you that what you’re doing is not a fool’s errand. But the money is also an albatross, changing your relationship to the art.
R. Eric Thomas • Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays
INTERVIEWER... See more
Do you share your work in progress with anyone? Have you had good relationships with editors?
NELSON
I do have a couple of friends, including Ben Lerner, whom I might send some things to. The fundamental question that Ben and I often have for each other is “Is this alive?” or “Where is it alive?” We made an exchange of The Argonauts and
The only question we need to ask ourselves about our work
Being a creative means embracing the urge to put more of yourself—your identity, personality, and unique way of seeing—into the world, whether it be the way you make your breakfast in the morning or your trick for getting through your morning commute, or the themes that keep coming up among the thousands of photos in your camera roll. When we... See more
Spencer Chang • field notes on being a creative [pt. 1]
But if you have the courage to make art, then find the courage to frame your art as well