Well, this is fun.
(via Chris)
Artist vs Creator
Yancey Strickler, founder of Metalabel and Kickstarter, wrote an interesting piece titled What’s the difference between an artist and a creator?
An artist is a self-directed artistic expressor. They work for themselves and express what they want. There’s no one beyond their anxiety looking over their shoulder telling them what to do.
A creator is a self-directed market expressor. Everything they do has a commercial aim at its core, but they answer to themselves and their audience. Rather than a traditional boss, they have an algorithmic one that implicitly and explicitly shapes their output.
A commercial artist, or “a creative,” is a contracted market expressor. Everyone who works at an ad agency or as an in-house designer fits into this bucket. This group is much better paid than anyone else because they fulfill a market-oriented purpose. Today this role is often called a “creative” — a dehumanizing phrase with roots in the advertising industry.
An institutional artist is a form of contracted artistic expression. Think of an artist being asked to produce a Biennale commission or a piece for a museum. They are being contracted for their voice in a defined way. You have to have “made it” to be part of this quadrant.
Read the full article here.
Nothing More Altruistic
“The more I think it over,
the more I feel that there is
nothing more truly artistic
than to love people.”
– Vincent van Gogh
Between Stimulus and Response
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
– Viktor Frankl
The Story of Maggie Doyne
My dear friend Maggie Doyne is an embodiment of love and without a doubt the most remarkable woman I know. I love her deeply. She just made her documentary, Between the Mountain and the Sky, available for anyone to see. (Her CreativeMornings talk cracked my heart wide open.)
Play Phrase
Go to PlayPhrase.me and type in a phrase of your choice and it will show you snippets of movies where this phrase is being said. Way cool! I tried, give me cheese please and where’s the butter.
Marriage Is A Long Conversation
“Marriage as a long conversation. – When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in a marriage is transitory, but most of the time that you’re together will be devoted to conversation.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
annandaniel
I want to be friends with photographers Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda. I bet it’s fun to walk around with them and see what they notice. Check out their work over on annandaniel.com/
Live In It
“I am not telling you to make the world better. I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment.”
– Joan Didion
Act of Communion
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
― bell hooks
Connection
“Connection is not a transaction; it’s a vibrational field we can tap into on a daily basis in the most mundane of circumstances.”
– Esther Perel
The First Non Generative AI Model (very analog)
Prompt-Brush 1.0 is a project by graphic designer Pablo Delcan that satirizes and challenges the growing field of AI-generated art. In a project he dubbed “the first non-AI generative art model,” Delcan invited the public to submit text prompts, which he then manually illustrated by hand using a brush and black ink. You can buy the result as a book.
Bookshelf Lights
Yes, please. I’d love one. Pre-ordered.
Kinder Sea
“I wish you a kinder sea.”
– Emily Dickinson
A little Further Into The Water
“Always go a little further into the water than you feel comfortable being.”
The World…
“The World is a Museum of Passion Projects.”
The Second Mountain
Love David Brook’s notion of first and second mountain. The second mountain is finding meaning and purpose in life through deeper commitments to others, a shift from a self-centered pursuit of personal success (the first mountain) to a life centered on relationships, community, and service. Brooks argues that true fulfillment comes from embracing these commitments to a family, a vocation, a philosophy or faith, and a community, rather than focusing solely on individual achievement.
Pile of Good things
“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
– Rainbow Rowell.
One of my favorite quotes. Reminding myself of this as I navigate choppy waters.
Loadmo.re
loadmo.re a collection of unconventional and fun mobile web pages. For example, I found Busy Simulator. Totally made me smile.
Make sure to follow them on Instagram.
Be My Eyes
The level of excitement I feel when I get a call from Be My Eyes and can help a blind person with whatever they need help with, is indescribable. This is the version of the internet I want to revel in.
Be My Eyes connects the blind with seeing humans. I have helped folks with making sure their mustache was trimmed perfectly straight, what color tie to pick, or. where to push a button on an oven. You get the idea.
Thank you Brick
Feeling more protective than ever of where my attention goes. Brick is currently helping me stay off “the apps”.
Feeling disappointed about the state of the internet these days, those damn algorithms have really killed the magic for me. Want to make a real effort to bring this (slightly neglected) space back and visit other carefully tended online gardens. Where do you find inspiration these days, online, other than the big social media giants? And what do you do to avoid scrolling hours on end?
The Way
“Finding the way, is the way.”
– Marcus Aurelius