A charge for making art with (and without) technology in 2014 by Brannon Dorsey.
- Don’t reject. Learn, make, fail, and grow without the intentions to make something that renders something else insignificant.
- Be minded in the now. Create work that presents something that was only made relevant/possible in the last three years.
- Teach. Remember that you know only what you do because of the willingness, diligence, and generosity of others.
- Say that you can do things that you cannot. Learn and do them.
- Do not feign knowledge.
- Be excited. You will have presence and influence one day.
- Invest in the community. Put people and relationships first.
- Remember that this is only a part, albeit a large part, of the only life that you have.
- Read, listen, and watch. Always be reading one technical and one theoretical text.
- Spend months on projects that no one ever sees.
- Drink coffee.
- Publish, open source, and share everything.
- Don’t fear the money you could lose from sharing. Revel in the opportunity to share, collaborate, and spread the work that others have allowed you to.
- Analyze what you make from the perspective of a painter.
- Go outside.
- Be amazed with what you create.
- Stay unsatisfied with that amazement.
- Know that what is revolutionary will become obsolete, nostalgic. Understand that this is progress.
- Remain critical of everything without slowing down.
- Make to find meaning without a precondition. Remove barriers to entry.
- Follow links. Open them in new tabs.
- Know that you will be gone before you are finished.
- Release Early, Release Often
- with rap music
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