Don’t rely on technology to overcome your laziness. A nicer pen and notebook will gather dust just the same as your BIC and that yellow legal pad. These are the things I discuss along with the frustration of coincidences involving hats.
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There’s a lot to be said for quality control. For doing our utmost to avoid lending support to something stupid or wicked.
This noble inclination is however too often twisted into silence.
Not a deep contemplative silence or even a sexy silence but good old fashioned boring silence. The kind of silence that’s sterile. The sort of silence that leads you to constantly complain or feel like complaining about being bored.
For such moments I’d suggest asking yourself the following question: How will I ever have anything interesting to say if I never say anything?
It’s a trick that works for me.
When I’m feeling perfectionist, or insecure, or just plain lazy. I remind myself that perfect trembling lethargy is really really dull and no way to make a fun Vlog and definitely no way to finish writing a novel.
Sure there’s a lot of noise out there. A lot of terrible stuff, heck you may have made some of that terrible stuff, I’ve made some terrible stuff but is it really that terrible? If you were being at least somewhat earnest in your attempt to make art or philosophy then I doubt it was all that bad.
And if it was…
If after an honest review and careful self examination you truly find yourself feeling like a waste of bandwidth….go watch a Logan Paul video.
I welcome all feedback on this sort of mini essay/blog and really anything I happen to post on this here journal. So go on, if you feel so inclined, tell me if constantly handcuffing yourself to ideas of someday being good enough to create something is proving productive.
P.S. I couldn’t resist…spreading…the good word of Bargeld
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Just a wee hot take on taking the edge off of criticism and especially self criticism. Actual content to come soon..like within the week…maybe even today…but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. What am I …not lazy? I mean I didn’t even remove that chunk of burrito from my teeth…who am I kiddin….
In all seriousness though… I really hope to pick it up this week. Thanks for bearing with my bullshit. Cheers!
A brief discussion on the difficulties of managing interest and work in a variety of outputs. Here I’ll discuss single discipline focus vs the more ‘renaissance man’ approach and ask questions like should you schedule poetry?
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A brief vlog about how to take yourself seriously without the crutch of approval from large institutions and general society. And how this attitude of mindfulness and purpose will keep you creative and stay the creeping hand of boredom.
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1) Fiddling
2) Virtue Signaling
3) Virtual Water and E-guilt
4) Why is it so satisfying to create art, music, prose, code, furniture whatever…
5) Strategies for maintaining creativity
6) The New Yorker Cover Art
6) The plight of native populations in the Amazon according to a lazy writer
7) Wetlands are a litmus for social and environmental health
8) The shill – please support if can/want cause stuff costs money and I like beer
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If I’m honest… it was ALL about that gnarly llama vest. Hope to squeeze in a section of The Sketch of Sam Monroe before it gets too late here.
Stuff Discussed
Research and Trivia for its own sake
Amazonian Tribes
The need to be ‘idea agile’ to create a healthy job market
Sneezing
Research Links
http://www.indian-cultures.com/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/science-cave-paintings-brazil-01529.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/09/19/the-lost-city-of-z?reload=true
It’s especially important to keep track of your time and energy when working on something creative. This brief three-minute vlog touches on some aspects of this well known but rarely implemented truth.
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A brief and sleepy recounting of the dream that sparked a recent story I wrote.
Dreams are interesting things and are often the perfect catalyst for creativity.
The fun part is getting from a vague notion to a coherent narrative. A process I’ll likely discuss further sooner or later.
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