"We should have felt it to be not merely wrong, but unpleasant not to work every morning for seven days a week and for about eleven months a year. Every morning, therefore, at about 9:30 after breakfast each of us, as if moved by a law of unquestioned nature, went off and “worked” until lunch at 1. It is surprising how much one can produce in a year, whether of buns or books or pots or pictures, if one works hard and professionally for three and a half hours every day for 330 days."

Leonard Woolf, in the fourth volume of his autobiography, quoted in Janet Malcolm’s Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers.
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"…the nicer a corporate office looks, and the more features it offers employees, the less likely it is that you’ll ever leave the premises for things as mundane as a well-rounded personal life"

The PA Report - LucasArts’ eulogy reminds us of the inhuman cost of game development

explore-blog: Betty Friedan, reconstructionist. 

explore-blog:

Betty Friedan, reconstructionist. 

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You’ll Never Forget Your Twenties, Because That’s When You Become Who You Are.

You’ll Never Forget Your Twenties, Because That’s When You Become Who You Are.

Inspired by Choire, Here’s a helpful test to work out if you’re wasting your time.

Inspired by Choire, Here’s a helpful test to work out if you’re wasting your time.

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It used to be so easy to be interesting.

“It is the artist’s responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labour of creation.” Lessons for creatives from Patti Smith.

“Often stepping back you see more, don’t you?” Lessons for creatives from David Hockney.

“There is no ‘properly.’ There’s just how you feel about it.” Lessons for creatives from Keith Richards.

“Being self-conscious doesn’t help you at all when you’re alone and trying to create something new. It does nothing.” Lessons for creatives from Miranda July.

“It never occurred to me that I could be a showrunner and it never occurred to me that I could be a person who was on television.” Lessons for creatives from Lena Dunham.

“And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, “Yeah, I’m based.” I made it mine.” Lessons for creatives from the world’s best rappers.

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“Hell, no. I can’t fall off my hustle”: lessons for creatives from the world’s biggest rappers. | NEXTNESS

I wrote about being a copywriter over at Nextness

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The day after yesterday: the need for brand sensitivity in times of crisis.