That whole 10,000 hours thing
Oh, hi friends!
What if I told you the hours added up?
The ones you spend working, but also the ones you spend marinating.
The ones you spend planning and dreaming.
(But, you know, especially the ones you spend working.)
Wouldn’t that be comforting?
Because you know the truth.
They do.
"He paid keen attention to the physical appearance of his books, reacting passionately, for example, against the lavender jacket for A Streetcar Named Desire: it must, he insisted, be red. He was right, too; in that form it became a classic."
Oh, so, Tennessee Williams was obsessed with his cover art, was he? (From this excellent article.)
I have very strong ~feelings~ about how projects are presented to the world. While it’s easy to put so much care into creating your work, sometimes the last thing you want to do is make some fancy art or create a cover page or finalize that Etsy store to sell it. But just think: The public or readers or viewers or buyers have no idea what your work is yet. But you can show them. How you draw them in matters.
Hey, movie fans! My friend Danielle just told me about this site Letterboxd. Have you heard of it? It’s a way to keep track of all the movies you’ve seen: you can grade them, write in where you saw the film, and your thoughts. (So, for instance, I could say that I saw Knives Out on Monday night and while I appreciated the strong ensemble I don’t really understand the hype and only laughed when the grandma was on screen. Now pretend I never said this because I know I’m very alone with this opinion.)
ANYWAY. It’s a nice way to catalogue your watching history. Think of it like Goodreads, but for films!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara