Adding inefficiency to one’s life may seem counter-intuitive, until you realise there’s good inefficiency.
Author: Matt Shanks
Art, scarcity, and scale
If art doesn’t scale like a fast-growing startup, what else can we use?
Caterpillars and Butterflies
How does one become an artist? Well, first things first, we need to do what artists do.
Time is the only thing we can’t make more of
Is it better to spend time or money?
On being everything to someone
We can either be something to everyone, or everything to someone. I choose the second.
Consistency over quality
Is it better to show up, day by day, even if you don’t clear your own bar sometimes? What’s the other option?
Does saying no mean we always miss out?
Saying no to something gives us a feeling of missing out. But, what if it meant not missing out, but getting more?
The past isn’t a great foreteller of the future
Just because I’ve done something before, doesn’t mean I can do it again, right?
Who else is looking for answers?
Art comes from artists seeking to answer the questions they have about the world. It helps if others are also have the same questions.
Happy accidents
What’s a mistake, anyway?