It's one of the paradoxes of creative life: the longer you do it, the more tools you acquire, the more it becomes the goal to get simpler. To do less. This week we're talking about the quest for simplicity, and about finding the sweet spot between brevity and clarity. Plus: Slow TV, phantom limbs, Robot Thatcher, greening, a blow to the head, Wesley Van Wesleyson, promises and threats, and content cubed.
Is it frivolous to do creative work when the world seems to be falling apart around you? Or can it be a palliative --...
Style is the beautiful face we put on what we do. It goes hand in hand with technique, but the way they inflect each...
How do we measure success in creative work? Is it about the reception the work gets, or is the scale more elusive? Answering this...