Category: life
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the importance of being earnest
Spotify has a habit of suggesting podcasts. There’s one in particular that gets recommended to me over and over again, with a title something along the lines of “Your Favorite Band Sucks.” Why would I be the least bit interested in this? Why is it we citizens of the internet…
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the problem with cancel culture
The idea of being “cancelled” has been on my mind a lot lately. There are times when public figures do and say unspeakable things, many of which merit legal action and criminal charges. This is not a defense of those actions. But there are also moments where someone slips up…
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check the scoreboard
I read yesterday that Trump wants to kick 200,000 people off Social Security before leaving office. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it made me think. It seems in our political moment, our two parties can’t agree on a metric to measure success. Democrats measure…
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if you want to write songs, write songs
I had an interesting conversation today. I met a woman who described herself as a songwriter. She told me she’d been in Los Angeles for five years, trying to work in the music industry. She works at a recording studio, for a producer who has worked with a bunch of…
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i hate blogging
i hate this i’m not good at it i’m gonna stop pretending to curate this space instead, i’m going to share stuff i think is interesting that’s the point of all this anyway, right?
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lessons learned at karaoke night
You ever wonder if you could learn valuable life lessons from getting drunk and singing a bad rendition of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in a bar packed with people? Rob Sheffield thinks so. In his book, Turn Around Bright Eyes: A Karaoke Journey of Starting Over, Falling…
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a cabinet of curiosities
In his book, Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon recommends collecting the things that inspire you in a place called a Swipe File. In an attempt to refill my creative well, I’ve start using my Tumblr page again, this time as a swipe file–a place to assemble quotes, pictures, gif…
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zines, zines, zines
Lately, I’ve been taking a page from Austin Kleon’s book recently and spending my free time making zines. It’s been a magnificent way to pass time, channel my anxiety during this time, and jolt my creativity into action. I recently listened to an episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman…
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the post-its on my desk
a collection of small proverbs I’ve collected over the years, about writing, making art, and living well… “so what?” make big plays TODAY! “I’m doing this thing because I believe in it.” every scene is a chase scene Unity, Coherence, Development suffer the consequences Each paragraph is a single shot.…
joshua chamberlain 