Happy Friday,
“I am always doing what I can’t do yet in order to learn how to do it.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week:
“A.I. is a False God”
“To be able to shed the desire to be liked and to be likable sets you free in your work.” I find this true the longer I live. There is certainly an emotional weight lifted when one truly doesn’t spend energy worrying about whether what they’ve created will be liked, and instead focuses on creating something timeless.
Over the decades, as more disciplines have been made into tracts toward a degree, a silo-effect has developed around most areas of study, such as science and history. This researcher says she’s discovered the location in the background of the Mona Lisa by looking across disciplines.
“Geologists don’t look at paintings and art historians don’t look at geology,” she added. “Art historians said Leonardo always used his imagination, but you can give this picture to any geologist in the world and they’ll say what I’m saying about Lecco. Even a non-geologist can now see the similarities.”
“Why YouTube will Continue Out-Competing Hollywood.”
“At times of crisis, confusion and complexity, our faith in traditional and rational institutions collapses and we look for salvation and redemption in the irrational allure of certain individuals.” This week’s long read is an engrossing theory of charisma, a term often-used, but ill-defined.
Currently reading: The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis
Have a creative weekend.
Image: Summer Day. Sussman, Richard. American, ca. 1939.
