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Art is the greatest operating system our species has ever invented, a means of exploring consciousness, seen and unseen worlds. It is an instrument, medium, matrix, or miracle that transforms old impressions into new thoughts; that makes a thousand insignificant details light up and draw you out. For many of us, it is another country, a new home.
Jerry Saltz • Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
The goal of art isn’t to attain perfection. The goal is to share who we are. And how we see the world. Artists allow us to see what we are unable to see, but somehow already know. It may be a view of the world singularly different from our own. Or one so close, it seems miraculous, as if the artist is looking through our own eyes. In either case,
... See moreRick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
But the Taste Guy is just the Idea Guy reinvented for the attention age. It’s trading meaning-making for trend-hopping and cosplaying success instead of earning it. It’s posting slick prototypes for Twitter views instead of real products for DAUs and cash. It’s the fantasy of a post-AGI world where you don’t need to learn to code or write or sell... See more
Jasmine • are you high-agency or an NPC?
What advice do you have for all the illustrators out there who are developing their style?
Don’t ask your parents or closest friends if they like it. No seriously: Find a thing that you’re crazy about or well-versed in outside of illustration, and create a personal project of 20 illustrations based on that thing. Make it the best thing you can do.... See more
Don’t ask your parents or closest friends if they like it. No seriously: Find a thing that you’re crazy about or well-versed in outside of illustration, and create a personal project of 20 illustrations based on that thing. Make it the best thing you can do.... See more
Raw Talent With Max Löffler
Ingredients:
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old... See more
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old... See more
358 — This week on Cargo
358 Cargo Newsletter
“All jokes aside, if you don’t fuck around, you’ll never actually find out.”
One philosophy underpins designer Ji Park’s eclectic practice – “fuck around and find out”
Creativity happens at the intersection of three elements: the individual with the idea, the domain in which that idea operates, and the field that recognizes and values the contribution.
The artifact isn't the art: Rethinking creativity in the age of AI
Creative excellence is ineffable. When you see something that resonates, you’ll know — it will hold a mysterious, irrational power over you. That's as close to a definition as I can get: Something that moves me. It can come from anywhere; a weird combination of words, a stupid joke, the bright sound of a French horn, the way a piece of wood
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