đź’ On taste, dreams & hyper-realistic art
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đź’ On taste, dreams & hyper-realistic art
Experimenters are partial to dreaming and play, finding it more difficult to complete and release their work.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Art requires access to the imagination, a notoriously difficult place to visit. The imagination fuels an idea. The artist acts urgently, often impulsively, on that idea but brings conscious rigor to the evaluation of what the imagination has spewed. Ultimately, experience, intellect, insight, and drive enable them to shape the work and then to edit
... See moreAdam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
The work, no matter how worthy, is often a slog. The “before” stage is exciting, full of potential. The “after” gives me resolution, closure, the feeling of a happily ever after. What happens between those moments SUUUUCKS. It’s just me, zoomed into my canvas at 3200%, tweaking a bezier curve on that icon oh-so-slightly. Watching Rocky Balboa lift ... See more
Dan Mall • Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog
People asking what taste is, or is there a framework ––
It's knowing what good looks like. Person who has taste in certain things, can find good things, create good things and point out how something needs to change to make it good.
Jiro from Jiro Dreams of Sushi: