Philip Larkin, "The Pleasure Principle"
creative
SIX at 6: Mundane Excellence, Comfortable Torture, A Dividing Line, The Reality of Creativity, Peanuts, and Paul Graham - Billy Oppenheimer
The Mundanity of Excellence In the early 1980’s, the sociologist Daniel Chambliss spent five years studying swimmers at every level of ability. He visited learn-to-swim programs, coached a regional swim team, and traveled with the U.S. Olympic Team. Then in 1989, he published his research in a paper titled, “The Mundanity of Excellence.” Essentially, Chambliss […]
Second Nature
When I was in the eleventh grade, I went on a field trip to the University of Miami to hear a very aged Robert Frost read his poetry. After listening to his melodic recitation, I went up to meet hi…
The Inner Ring of The Internet
Ali Montag's essay discusses the pressure to succeed in the creative world and the desire to join the "Inner Ring" of successful writers. She argues that focusing on creating meaningful work instead of chasing popularity leads to true fulfillment and craftsmanship. Ultimately, she emphasizes the importance of valuing genuine creativity over commercial success.
Newsletters are getting personal
A lot of my advice, especially to small businesses, involves getting more personal in their email newsletters. It remains a struggle to convince some businesses to include real names (not just the brand name), be a little less perfectionist in their designs, and write like a real human.
The more
Dear God, the film base is gray
Dear God, the film base is gray, and I will never reach the end of scanning 120-format negatives. The spools are scattered, the tape is stuck to my fingers, the backing paper chokes the trash can i…
Small b blogging
Network topology and the ghost of the digg homepage
Criticism Capture is More Dangerous Than Audience Capture
Nowadays, it's the unforced errors in response to criticism that kill you
WePresent | A collection of manifestos from activists and creatives
Manifesto is a series on WePresent which invites activists and creatives with something to say to write 10 rules to live by, in order to help spread their message.
Cringe is The New Cool
I went viral in Paris and got called cringe
How-To-Succeed-At-MrBeast-Production.pdf
Why Launching Multiple Brands Is A Trap
What I've learned about how to build and balance a newsletter or blog brand with a personal brand and whether it makes sense to have multiple brands.
Creatively stuck? A moodboard
Gentle wisdom for sensitive souls
30-Day First Draft: Week 1 Report & Lessons
29,588 Words Later
Inspiration Is Scheduled — CJ Chilvers
This is a chapter from the book A Lesser Photographer
[https://cj-chilvers.ghost.io/a-lesser-photographer].
Every successful photographer I’ve known schedules their projects.
Countless studies and interviews with my photo heroes confirm: Inspiration
doesn’t “strike.” Inspiration is scheduled. It happens when you allow it the
time and attention
How would you build an audience from scratch in 2024? - Aug 16, 2024 - Mailbag - Shaan Puri
Mailbag is a blog where real people ask me real questions, and I share my replies each Friday. This week Shaan answers 1 questions - Check em out!
The Manual #38 - Delusional Self-Belief
This tweet from Alex Hormozi I think will resonate with many of us.
How I Became the Honest Broker
The author shares a personal story of working in high-stakes, confidential projects around the world before settling into music and writing, highlighting the importance of finding an "Honest Broker" to navigate complex situations. Reflecting on the state of music criticism, the author critiques the trend of critics seeking celebrity status, freebies, and self-aggrandizement, leading to a lack of focus on the reader's enjoyment and pleasure. Inspired by the concept of the "Honest Broker," the author transitions to a new model of criticism focused on fairness, trustworthy advice, and serving the reader's musical pleasure, aiming to educate themselves deeply and write with more clarity and imagination.
Looking Closely is Everything
How the pandemic taught me to look closely at the world, and how I hope to carry that forward out the other side
How We Designed a FUN Nonfiction Book Cover
Every step and cover along the way
slash pages
A guide to common pages you can add to your website
Consumption-to-creation ratio – Manu
You're currently reading this post either in your RSS feed, in your inbox, or in your browser. You are consuming content. Consuming content is what …
Pick Up What They Put Down
Translations welcome! ([Português](https://meleu.github.io/artigos-traduzidos/aprenda-em-publico-hack.html))
Hands up who’s heard of TOM LICHTENHELD?
In the late 80s, I discovered a discount bookshop on Shaftesbury Avenue, amongst the junk, ‘Knitting For The Whole Family’ and ‘Fun With Chives’ were piles American adverti…
The Art Of Storytelling Beginners Guide.pdf
Accept offers
即兴表演的第一条，接受对方的假设，而非拒绝
Style is consistent constraint
Having a style collapses hundreds of future decisions into one, and gives you focus.
Concise explanations accelerate progress
If you want to progress faster, write concise explanations. Explain ideas in simple terms, strongly and clearly, so that they can be rebutted, remixed, rewor...
Me-As-A-Service — Behzod
A riff on what it’s been like to be a solo studio / service business over the last four years.
100 things you can do on your personal website | James' Coffee Blog - https://jamesg.blog/2024/02/19/personal-website-ideas/
One of my favourite things to do in my free time is to tinker with this website. Indeed, this website is the culmination of years of tinkering. I have added features like coffee shop maps that I can share with friends, a way for me to share my bio in two languages, a sitemap.xml file to help search engines find pages on my website, and more.