Sylvie
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Sylvie
No matter what, there's a bet being placed- it's either you placing the bet on yourself, or someone else is placing it for you
Things that made me stop and think
Entrepreneurship vs having a job
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]
Terrence McNally says it best, via Tateh, “Without art, what is our existence but chaos?”
shainataub • Link
when you are willing to make yourself truly vulnerable and you have zero fudgsicles left to give and you open yourself up to the world, the world will open itself up to you, I promise
Soul Snacks 🎓
Some artists tend to think making money is either a system you sell out to or something to be avoided altogether. But in reality, it’s neither. If you don’t make money, you won’t have any art to make. We must seek to better understand the business of being an artist. Ignoring this reality is the fastest route to stop creating altogether. To be an
... See moreJeff Goins • Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Been feeling this deeply lately: complaining is boring. Being a critic is easy; building, reframing, offering solutions is the real work.
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
“At a certain point, we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by by... See more