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Hayao Miyazaki, creativity, and selfishness
Watching a four-part documentary on Japan’s irritable genius of animation
Mason Currey
Jan 11, 2021
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Wayne Thiebaud on finding “charm and freedom” in your work
The late American painter on a delicious artistic breakthrough
Mason Currey
Feb 21
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Alexander Pope’s paid subscription model
And my thoughts about adopting one for this newsletter
Mason Currey
Mar 21
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Pat Metheny's compulsive productivity
The jazz guitarist's amazing pre- and post-show routine—plus, a request for your patronage!
Mason Currey
Apr 18
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Do I just need to relax??
Pushing yourself vs. letting things come to you—the eternal dilemma
Mason Currey
May 2
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David Lynch on being true to your ideas
Plus his devotion to daily routines, meditation, Bob’s Big Boy, and sugar!!!
Mason Currey
Jan 24
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The artist Charles Ray walks to Burger King every day
“Not to eat but to think.”
Mason Currey
May 16
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Really good writing advice from Slavoj Žižek
How to make writing disappear!
Mason Currey
Nov 22, 2021
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Mary Ruefle does not own a computer
“If you asked me to email you a poem, I couldn’t.”
Mason Currey
Oct 25, 2021
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Advice on writing, fear, and shame
For a writer who worries readers will think, “What the hell is wrong with this person?”
Mason Currey
Dec 20, 2021
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“A strange empty day”
From May Sarton’s journals—plus, more on paid newsletters
Mason Currey
Apr 4
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Three tales of creative incompetence
“I mean, honestly, it was terrible and I had no idea what I was doing.”
Mason Currey
Mar 7
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