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2013-05-16 124 notes

youmightfindyourself:

FUCK COMMITTEES(I believe in lunatics)
It’s about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today’s faceless corporate committees, which claim to understand the needs of the mass audience, and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating a thought-free, passion-free, cultural mush that will not be hated nor loved by anyone. By now, virtually all media, architecture, product and graphic design have been freed from ideas, individual passion, and have been relegated to a role of corporate servitude, carrying out corporate strategies and increasing stock prices. Creative people are now working for the bottom line.
Magazine editors have lost their editorial independence, and work for committees of publishers (who work for committees of advertisers). TV scripts are vetted by producers, advertisers, lawyers, research specialists, layers and layers of paid executives who determine whether the scripts are dumb enough to amuse what they call the ‘lowest common denominator’. Film studios out films in front of focus groups to determine whether an ending will please target audiences. All cars look the same. Architectural decisions are made by accountants. Ads are stupid. Theater is dead.
Corporations have become the sole arbiters of cultural ideas and taste in America. Our culture is corporate culture.
Culture used to be the opposite of commerce, not a fast track to ‘content’- derived riches. Not so long ago captains of industry (no angels in the way they acquired wealth) thought that part of their responsibility was to use their millions to support culture. Carnegie built libraries, Rockefeller built art museums, Ford created his global foundation. What do we now get from our billionaires? Gates? Or Eisner? Or Redstone? Sales pitches. Junk mail. Meanwhile, creative people have their work reduced to ‘content’ or ‘intellectual property’. Magazines and films become ‘delivery systems’ for product messages.
But to be fair, the above is only 99 percent true.
I offer a modest solution: Find the cracks in the wall. There are a very few lunatic entrepreneurs who will understand that culture and design are not about fatter wallets, but about creating a future. They will understand that wealth is means, not an end. Under other circumstances they may have turned out to be like you, creative lunatics. Believe me, they’re there and when you find them, treat them well and use their money to change the world.
Tibor KalmanNew York, June 1998

FUCK COMMITTEES
(I believe in lunatics)

It’s about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today’s faceless corporate committees, which claim to understand the needs of the mass audience, and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating a thought-free, passion-free, cultural mush that will not be hated nor loved by anyone. By now, virtually all media, architecture, product and graphic design have been freed from ideas, individual passion, and have been relegated to a role of corporate servitude, carrying out corporate strategies and increasing stock prices. Creative people are now working for the bottom line.

Magazine editors have lost their editorial independence, and work for committees of publishers (who work for committees of advertisers). TV scripts are vetted by producers, advertisers, lawyers, research specialists, layers and layers of paid executives who determine whether the scripts are dumb enough to amuse what they call the ‘lowest common denominator’. Film studios out films in front of focus groups to determine whether an ending will please target audiences. All cars look the same. Architectural decisions are made by accountants. Ads are stupid. Theater is dead.

Corporations have become the sole arbiters of cultural ideas and taste in America. Our culture is corporate culture.

Culture used to be the opposite of commerce, not a fast track to ‘content’- derived riches. Not so long ago captains of industry (no angels in the way they acquired wealth) thought that part of their responsibility was to use their millions to support culture. Carnegie built libraries, Rockefeller built art museums, Ford created his global foundation. What do we now get from our billionaires? Gates? Or Eisner? Or Redstone? Sales pitches. Junk mail. Meanwhile, creative people have their work reduced to ‘content’ or ‘intellectual property’. Magazines and films become ‘delivery systems’ for product messages.

But to be fair, the above is only 99 percent true.

I offer a modest solution: Find the cracks in the wall. There are a very few lunatic entrepreneurs who will understand that culture and design are not about fatter wallets, but about creating a future. They will understand that wealth is means, not an end. Under other circumstances they may have turned out to be like you, creative lunatics. Believe me, they’re there and when you find them, treat them well and use their money to change the world.

Tibor Kalman
New York, June 1998

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I’ve developed a really great sleeping schedule this week

Don’t sleep for two days

Sleep for 10 hours

The next two nights, drink (a little) wine and fall asleep around 930 but then wake up at midnight and don’t fall asleep until 3 (and then wake up at 630)

All day, contemplate what has changed. Why could you sleep like a darling angel baby last week but not this week? Is it an external factor, or an internal one? Read lots of dream analysis to try and decipher what dreams you do have. Blog about it on your commute to work.

2013-05-15 2,399 notes

bbook:

And what really is the purpose of the moon?

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2013-05-14 5 notes

Open Tabs Diary Post

(Selena “I’m so good” GIF, Princess Bubblegum GIF, Changing Motherhood charts, Why I Hate Dating, Filomena Tobias, Determinism, RapGenius on Aaliyah, and Bambi image search)

2013-05-13 11 notes

murmuration: \m/

diamondsinthecage:

got back at 3 am last night from an epic bday camping/hiking trip in yosemite. its no exaggeration to say the hikes, panoramic views, waterfalls, and magical beauties of the place are life-changing. my birthday present to myself this year is to stop using phrases like “im scared” and “im bored”…

Lily, you are one of the most beautiful (inside AND outside b) people I know, and your attitude is so inspiring :’)

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fastcompany:

Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets, which allows you to search on several flavors of hate, is a creative use of data and mapping to raise awareness.

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2013-05-12 1,753 notes

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2013-05-11 10 notes

Emily and I have been talking a lot about empathy last night and this morning and how important it is that the people we choose to associate ourselves with understand and practice empathy.

Last night some shit went down that I wasn’t too cool with and it reminded me of my worst bar experience: I was in North Beach and waiting at this (really busy) bar, trying to catch the (overwhelmed) bartender’s eye and place my order. The guy next to me was doing the same, but had this whole energy around him that was really tense. He caught the bartender’s eye and was like, “Hey man, I ordered my drinks from you like 5 minutes ago and I know you haven’t started them, what the fuck?” The bartender apologized, saying that he was getting to them, indicating to all the people at the bar, saying, “Sorry man, it’s pretty busy.” The guy next to me was not having it, and replied with “This is your shitty minimum wage job, do it better, come on. I’m paying for your rent right now.” I was so taken aback by his brashness my mouth actually dropped open and I slowly turned to stare him down. The bartender was also taken aback, dropped the drinks he was making, to get this guy his drinks. The guy paid, said “Finally, man,” and left no tip. I was so wide-eyed at this whole throwdown that I was not prepared when the bartender asked me what I wanted.

I think the whole point of that story for me is that a) everyone’s time is precious, and none of us at that bar were any more special than anyone else, so don’t act like it, b) just because someone is tending bar and serving you doesn’t make them a lesser person (in fact, he is probably a better person than the patron next to me) and besides we know nothing about his life, maybe he’s a brilliant artist or during the day he’s getting his master’s or maybe he is just a bartender, but that’s okay, because a person’s worth isn’t defined by the job they do and c) trying to embarrass someone to make yourself feel better or superior or whatever is never the right way to go. He’s obviously busy, there’s a lot of shit going down, people yelling, etc, and guess what? It’s not going to kill you to have to wait a few more minutes for your drink. Why do you have to be an asshole about it?

I don’t know, this is all a mishmash of words and feelings. But I saw something similar happen last night and I’ve officially decided: if you can’t be polite and nice and grateful to people, you don’t deserve my time or effort. I work hard to always try and be the best, nicest, most positive person I can be and I don’t want to waste energy on people who aren’t trying to do the same.

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every single person you know has something in their life and past that is probably worth collapsing to the ground in an uncontrollably sobbing heap over, so be nice to each other and tell good jokes

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nbaoffseason:

Knicks guard and Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith reportedly missed practice this morning and is listed as questionable for today’s game due to “illness”. Which is a better excuse than “DNP (hungover af from partying with Rihanna all week)”.

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2013-05-10 3 notes

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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

— Charles Bukowski (via youmightfindyourself)

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