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Accessing childlike spirit in our art and our lives is worth aspiring to. It’s simple to do if you haven’t accumulated too many fixed habits and thoughts. If you have, it’s very difficult. Nearly impossible. A child has no set of premises it relies on to make sense of the world. It may serve you to do the same. Any label you assume before sitting d
... See moreRick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
I’ve come to think of tools as granters of permission. Things from which an artist can divine permission — the permission flowing either from the formal attributes of the tool to artist, or from the artist’s perception of the tool back into themselves.
Craig Mod • Conjuring Creative Permission From Our Tools
Consumerism is a word often associated with the mindless accumulation of stuff that marketers convinced you to buy. The "le new consumer" manifesto is about each person intentionally curating a small set of objects that bring them closer to their own idiosyncratic sense of being and identity, and sharing stories to shows others the power of analog.