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Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing
Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing
I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter was born. This writing experiment has followed roughly the same trajectory as the baby. In 2021, Escaping Flatland's prime achievement was putting a few toys in its mouth (a handful of essays read by about fifty people). But then, around the time Rebecka got up on her legs and learned to talk, I found a voice and picked up pace.
·henrikkarlsson.xyz·
Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing
The Art of Self-Renewal: The Pioneering Social Scientist John Gardner on How to Keep Your Work and Your Spirit Alive Over the Long Run
The Art of Self-Renewal: The Pioneering Social Scientist John Gardner on How to Keep Your Work and Your Spirit Alive Over the Long Run
“The self-renewing man … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between his potentialities an the claims of life – not only the claims he encounters but the claims he invents.…
·themarginalian.org·
The Art of Self-Renewal: The Pioneering Social Scientist John Gardner on How to Keep Your Work and Your Spirit Alive Over the Long Run
Joyful persistence: my talk for the UBC School of Creative Writing graduation - Sarah Leavitt
Joyful persistence: my talk for the UBC School of Creative Writing graduation - Sarah Leavitt
For most of my life, my art-making, whether it was drawing, writing or making comics, felt painful and fraught. But now – most of the time – creative practice is something that steadies me, something I rely on to think and feel my way through the world. It’s a source of deep joy. I’m going to share some ideas with you today that have helped me make that shift.
·sarahleavitt.com·
Joyful persistence: my talk for the UBC School of Creative Writing graduation - Sarah Leavitt
Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
At the Simon & Schuster centennial, author Fredrik Backman discusses the highs and lows of being an author, from attempting to get along with the voices in your brain, to the hidden joys of jet lag. Learn more about Fredrik's book, THE WINNERS: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Winners/Fredrik-Backman/Beartown-Series/9781982112806 Celebrate our 100th anniversary with us: https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/simon-and-schuster-100th-anniversary Watch more author highlights ►►https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-71r3OWGsTGaKXZIrM2GHRsLfdGkDU5I&si=keFF0VaGUrw37v1U
·m.youtube.com·
Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
Who killed Caravaggio and why? His final paintings may hold the key
Who killed Caravaggio and why? His final paintings may hold the key
A killer himself, Caravaggio died at 38 – desperate, disfigured and on the run from the Knights of St John. His greatest works – with which he bargained for his life – cast light on one of art’s darkest mysteries
·theguardian.com·
Who killed Caravaggio and why? His final paintings may hold the key
Richard Serra in "Place" - Season 1 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Richard Serra in "Place" - Season 1 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Richard Serra, from the "Place" episode in Season 1 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series."Place" premiered in September 2001 on PBS.The segment follows Richard Serra as he guides the viewer through several massive installations he has done in New York, San Francisco, and Bilbao, Spain. Having worked with metal for the past forty years, Serra creates sculptures shape and stretch steel like rubber, carving intimate moments out of public spaces.Richard Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/richard-serraCREDITSCreated by: Susan Sollins & Susan Dowling. Executive Producer & Curator: Susan Sollins. Executive Producer: Susan Dowling. Series Producer: Eve-Laure Moros Ortega. Associate Producer: Migs Wright. Production Coordinator: Laura Recht. Researcher: Quinn Latimer & Wesley Miller. Director: Catherine Tatge. Editor: Donna Marino. Director of Photography: Bob Elfstrom & Joel Shapiro. Additional Photography: John Chater, Ken Kobland, & Don Lenzer. Sound: Gautam K. Choudhury, Ray Day, Doug Dunderdale, Aldo Ferraris Hierro, Chris Kellett, Ramon Larrabaster, Juan A. Torres, Bill Wander. Assistant Camera: Matthew Gordon, Brian Hwang, Paul Marbury, Glen Piegari, Enrique Puig, & Kipjaz Savoie. Gaffer/Grip: Ned Hallick, Paco Mayo, & Pedro Villalon. Location Manager: Asier Bilbao; Michelle Fernandez Echebarre; & Hilda Frontanes-Suarez, Tropical Visions. Production Assistant: Steve Carrillo, Graham Gangi, Brent Hamilton, Gabriel Monts, Eric Pfriender, Orlando A. Rivera, & Scott Stevens. Animation Stand Photographer: Marcos Levy & City Lights. Assistant Avid Editor: Heather Burak & Matt Prinzig. Assistant to the Director: Rachel Connolly.Full credits available at https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/placeMajor underwriting for Season 1 of Art in the Twenty-First Century is provided by Robert Lehman Foundation, PBS, National Endowment for the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, The Allen Foundation for the Arts, The Broad Art Foundation, The Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation, Bagley Wright Fund, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, and The Foundation-to-Life.#RichardSerra #Place #Art21
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Richard Serra in "Place" - Season 1 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Taking care
Taking care
This is a comic about grief, and it's based on a poem by Callista Buchen.
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Taking care