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Don Hall on Editing
From Essays After Eighty The greatest pleasure in writing is rewriting. My early drafts are always wretched. At first a general verb like “move” is qualified by the adverb “quickly.” After sixty tries I come up with a particular, possibly witty verb and drop the adverb. Originally I wrote “poetry
Yamamoto on starting
“Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.” Yohji Yamamoto
Alan Alda on speaking in threes
Ozzy Moysey on aiming and missing
@gondwanarecords "You aim for something, you miss, then you find something else" #gondwanarecords #podcast #ancientinfinityorchestra #musician #ensemble #jazz ♬ original sound - Gondwana Records - Gondwana Records "You aim for something, you miss, then you find something else"
Notes - 19th of October
Excellent idea: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPlnQtmjMY2 "When Alexa Colas realized she needed more music in her life, she found a simple solution. She turned her living room into a record store. And a listening room. And a performance space. And the set of a @PhillyCAM TV show.
Jason Swet on designing spaces
@jason_swet 3 tips for art directing spaces: Whether it’s a pop-up, longterm retail design or IRL marketing activation, I find these are 3 things I have to consistently remind myself of. Highlights from the Post Malone designed @Raising Cane's in Midvale Utah And the @LONELY
Tearoom ambient
Big fan of everything about this NTS feature on 'tearoom ambient'. I thought I'd dig in a bit on the tracks that I liked. Jaroslav Kořán - Jarní Píseň Available on bandcamp "A patient and deeply intuitive album, Zahrada turns everyday sound into something fluid and
Coffee mornings, unoffice hours etc
It's a bit weird, my old blog disappearing. I can't just google my past like I used to be able to. I guess indexing will eventually catch-up with the archive, but right now, it's a little forgetful. Anyway. This is a reminder and
Hello Giles - digging in the archives
A correspondent has pointed out that the links to my blog from Doing Presentations are broken (because my blog is dead). And since Doing Presentations is the best site on the internet I thought I should dig in the archives to find the relevant archived links. And since RSS may
Angharad Yeo on taking care
@angharadyeo look i was whatever about it, then i saw the movie system one and thought i better say something, and then at that point they may as well fix everything ♬ original sound - Angharad Yeo
Samir Chaudry on expectation matching
@digitalspaghetti How do @colinandsamir choose an opening shot? Want more Digital Spaghetti? Watch the full episode with Colin and Samir for FREE at https://patreon.com/digitalspaghetti #DigitalSpaghetti #creatortips #advice #interview #story #creativeprocess ♬ original sound - Digital Spaghetti - Digital Spaghetti