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theatlantic: Was American Pie More Influential Than Titanic? In the late ’90s, a screenplay made the studio rounds bearing the unwieldy title, “Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love.” That’s a cheeky move for a young screenwriter, risking…
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moviesandmusicandbooksohmy: The first sentence of the best answer? ”This is freaking fantastic!” (and I can’t agree more. Full text: Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school? Let me explain. I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and school teacher council released a (very long)…
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Brooke Tomiello: PUTTING ART BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN WITH THE RETURN OF MTV’S…
Brooke Tomiello: PUTTING ART BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN WITH THE RETURN OF MTV’S… brooketomiello: PUTTING ART BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN WITH THE RETURN OF MTV’S ARTBREAKS! A new Creative Time collaboration with MTV and MoMA PS1 puts video art back on the tube! Starting this month, the revival of the classic MTV program…
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austinkleon: Jonah Lehrer, Imagine: How Creativity Works First off, I like a lot of Jonah Lehrer’s writing — I quoted him in Steal, after all — but if you’ve been following me on Twitter, you probably know how I’m feeling these days about neuroscience/art writing: BREAKING NEWS: after stuffing 100 college students into an MRI…
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The act of feeling frustrated is an essential part of the creative process. Before we can find the answer — before we can even know the question — we must be immersed in disappointment, convinced that a solution is beyond our reach. We need to have wrestled with the problem and lost. Because it’s only…