Episode 3: Gorilla position

Episode 3 • July 26, 2021 • 00:24:49
Episode 3: Gorilla position
Imagination & Junk
Episode 3: Gorilla position

Jul 26 2021 | 00:24:49

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Show Notes

Style is the beautiful face we put on what we do. It goes hand in hand with technique, but the way they inflect each other is a complicated dance -- technique without style can be dull, but style without technique is something worse; it shreds the all-important trust that has to exist between a creative person and her audience. In this episode we talk about what style is, that critical distinction between style and technique, and how style helps a creative person stake her claim on a place in the lineage of people who do what she does. Also: Mat goes all in on professional wrestling as metaphor, and Bill talks about writing the weirdest thing to ever appear in a national newsmagazine. Plus: Bananarama!

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