This Week’s Focus: Expansion with Intention
In creative work, and in life, there’s always pressure to grow. Add more. Do more. Be everywhere. But growth without clarity is just noise.
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Don't Ignore Community
Community is easy to ignore, until you remember how much you need it.
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Are We Taking Color For Granted?
Jean-Luc Godard's 10th feature film reminds us what color once meant for cinema, and just how far we've strayed from it.
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Looking for the Next Big Thing? You Might Be Killing Your Potential.
We all do it—search for the shortcut. As a musician and writer, I constantly find myself looking for the next big thing that might launch me forward: the right person to meet, the right moment to strike, the right formula to crack success. But here’s the truth—chasing
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Anderson's Potent Take on the Paternal Bond
One of the biggest complaints about Wes Anderson is that his films, down to their smallest detail, exude pretension. His newest film, The Phoenician Scheme (2025), is like sitting in a philosophy seminar, or perhaps more fittingly, an art history seminar, listening to privileged undergrads overanalyze the importance of an
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🧡 The Art Newsletter: Offline ft. 44hz
Welcome to the First-Ever Austin Edition of The Art Newsletter We’re building something local. This new list is just for our Austin community — curated events, creative happenings, and real-world meetups designed to bring artists, musicians, and makers together.
How to Make a Great Title
Get right to the point or go for something poetic? Deliver the plot or try to encapsulate the themes? There are many ways a title can be effective.
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3 ways to move forward when you’re in a rut
I spent a good amount of time this week thinking about what content I should write about within this newsletter for today, and strangely, nothing was coming to me.
Don’t Obsess Over the Tools
We have all been there before—we think we can’t finish writing that book until we get that better PC, we think we can’t make that YouTube video until we get that new camera, or in my case, we think that we can’t work on that song until we get the “best” gear or sound possible.
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What Does “Greatest Movie of All Time” Mean, Exactly?
We have an obsession with lists and aggregated polls that crown a single film as the champion of the art form, but we think precious little about what we mean by that prestigious label.
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The Calculated Discomfort of Queer (2024)
Queer (2024) is a dizzying depiction of the disjointed existence of Lee (Daniel Craig), an expatriate living in Mexico City, whose life has been consumed by fervent drug use and lust. The film is an interesting experience, to say the least, especially given the grip that Call Me By Your