Adam Moss, a renowned magazine editor, discusses his career reshaping publications like The New York Times. Topics include maintaining a positive mindset, creative processes, modernizing institutions, using Canva and Slack for business growth, embracing new artistic endeavors, and reflecting on the artistic journey and impact.
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Balancing ambition and creativity leads to happiness in living with less ambition.
The judging phase is crucial in determining artistic direction.
Finding delight in the creative process can reignite passion for art.
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Exploring the Creative Process
Artists delve into what fuels their creativity and the journey from idea to creation, reflecting on the importance of judgment and shaping in the artistic process, and finding exaltation in moments of flow and absorption.
Nurturing Artistic Ambition
Adam Moss shares his experience of balancing ambition and creativity, acknowledging the struggle of embracing ambition while striving for artistic authenticity, leading to happiness in living with less ambition.
Unveiling Artistic Secrets
Intriguingly investigating the mystical origins of creativity, artists reveal a mix of secrecy, superstitions, and tenuous connections to muses, highlighting the delicate balance between the artist's internal churning and external influences.
Journey of Making Art
The book details the distinct stages of creating art: imagining, judging, and shaping, emphasizing the significance of the judging phase in bringing intellect to bear on raw imagination, ultimately determining the artistic direction.
The Joy of Making
Adam Moss rediscovers his love for painting as he unravels the importance of the verb 'making', shifting focus from the end product to the pleasure in the creative process, leading to a newfound delight in painting and a potential future sharing his art.
Adam Moss is widely known as one of the great magazine editors of his generation, remaking and reshaping The New York Times and New York magazine into the most significant print and digital publications of our time. He joins to discuss his illustrious career as an author, editor, and artist.
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