August 2010
147 posts
The Tao of Dana: INVALIDATORS & CREATIVITY →
There is nothing quite as infuriating as a backhanded compliment. Possibly the only thing worse? A backhanded compliment or flat-out invalidation followed by a series of ways the invalidator can rescue your creative endeavor in a heroic and selfish selfless manner. “Oh,” the critic may say, “what a great idea, if only your writing wasn’t a hobby that is so experimental! You know, I know this...
Sometimes you just have to make great things... →
Ed Ruscha, Miracle.
For about 7 weeks non-stop I have been saying that something really incredible is about to happen. That’s many days of feeling on the brink of the miraculous.
About a week ago I thought, “What if this great thing that’s about to happen is something I actually have to…