On Having Been Conditioned
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Posture
We notice posture. When it’s good, we look to posture. For right or wrong, we take cues from an assured posture. Ideas don’t necessarily have a posture, but how we carry them does. Brands have a posture. Movements have posture. How we wake up has a posture. How we order a Guinness has a posture.…
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Saved by the Basics
The basics don’t just work well because they’re closely tied to the fundamentals. They work because going back to basics means, by extension, an absence of the complex. Complexity can be a place to learn, but it can also be a place of endlessly spawning, subtle temptations. It’s treacherous, because indulging complexity feels like hard…
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Indulging Irrationality
It’s easy to forget that rationality is often relative; defined by the times and environments we find ourselves occupying. After all, there was a world not so long ago when it would have been irrational to travel towards the horizon for fear that you’d fall off the edge of it. So, if you want to…
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Autopilot Response
A lot of the time, we’re just getting the autopilot response. It happens in most areas of life, but it’s especially prevalent in the arts. After all, it’s a domain where people really, really want to know what ‘works’. How to get an agent? How to get streams? How many singles before an album? Social…
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Aphorism 13
Most people who appear to ignore you never noticed you in the first place, and that’s the real tragedy.
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Aphorism 12
Being judged is inevitable, so better to be judged for being bold rather than mild. The Devil’s Advocate The Thoughts of Others