Make Art Not Content

Why Creatives Should Not Avoid Conflict

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Aug 15, 2021
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INSIGHT

Commodified Rituals Make Weak Art

  • Many spiritual and therapeutic practices have become commodified time slots rather than ways of life.
  • Treating them as one-hour activities leads creatives to produce mediocre, content-like work.
ANECDOTE

Kiss In The Cafeteria Against Injustice

  • Elaisha described her first encounter with racism in high school where police arrested a Black student in the lunchroom.
  • She impulsively kissed the student to restore his dignity and never saw him again.
INSIGHT

Purpose Makes Artistic Action Coherent

  • An artist without a clear purpose is like a fish trying to ride a bicycle: fundamentally mismatched.
  • Feeling emotions fully matters, but you must act on them to make meaningful art.
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