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The paradox of being a professional artist. How we spend our lives trying to express ourselves well, but we have nothing to tell. We want creativity to be a cause and effect. Results. Market-able product. We want dedication and discipline to equal recognition and reward. We get on our art school treadmill, our graduate program for a master’s in fine arts, and practice, practice, practice. With all our excellent skills, we have nothing special to document. According to Peter, nothing pisses us off more than when some strung-out drug addict, a lazy bum, or a slobbering pervert createsd a masterpiece. As if by accident.

Some idiot who’s not afraid to say what they really love.

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— diary (via rrose-cestlavie)


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Summer Memories (via Brian Hathcock)

"My answer to that is that Daring Fireball is decidedly not free. It’s simply a question of who gets charged. Readers don’t, but sponsors and advertisers do. What makes it work so well (so far) is that this makes everyone happy. I’m earning a nice salary. Readers get to read my writing in exchange for a small portion of their attention which I direct toward ads. And sponsors and advertisers are happy to pay a fair price to reach an audience of good-looking, intelligent readers such as yourself. But there’s nothing free about it."
John Gruber (via chrisbowler) (via marco)


Beck noisejazz dj mix for those so inclined.


The point refuting Greil Marcus is right on. Jackson did open up new possibilities for living.

And that is the job of all great artists. Every piece of art opens up new possibilities….for someone. I wake up every morning hoping to come across that piece of art that helps to change and shape me.



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Lauren, you may be interested in this.


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infoneernet:

I’ve never written those three words before, but he’s never disagreed with Chris Anderson before, so there you go.

Free is the name of Chris’s new book, and it’s going to be wildly misunderstood and widely argued about.

The first argument that makes no sense is, “should we want free to be the future?”

Who cares if we want it? It is.

The second argument that makes no sense is, “how will this new business model support the world as we know it today?”

Who cares if it does? It is. It’s happening. The world will change around it, because the world has no choice. I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient, but it’s true.

Seen at Seth Godin’s Blog



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