“You’re okay.”
I can’t stop listening to the beautiful album Continuous Portrait by Inventions. The band is Matthew Cooper of Eluvium and Mark T. Smith of Explosions In The Sky. This is the title track and the standout for me. Particularly the refrain of “You’re okay.” Really gets me. Especially these days.
Check out the whole album on Bandcamp.
“Painting a watercolor from three blocks away…
From his recent interview with Rolling Stone, filmmaker David Fincher said something that really resonated with me about collaborating on creative projects.
“...directing movies is a little like painting a watercolor from three blocks away through a telescope with a walkie-talkie and 90 people holding the brush. And as frustrating as that sounds, it’s also thrilling and invigorating when it comes off.”
Whether it’s filmmaking, creating comics, working on ads, or whatever, collaborating with others on a project is a delicate dance that requires so much humility, patience, and openness, but it’s fucking killer when it works.
Read the whole interview here. It’s worth it.
The Absurdist Philosophy Of Synecdoche, New York
I love this look at one of my favorite movies of all time, Synecdoche, New York. It comes from Tom van der Linden’s great YouTube channel Like Stories of Old. He uses the philosopher Albert Camus to analyze the absurdist themes in Charlie Kaufman’s underrated masterpiece.
He says:
“Camus believes there’s a metaphysical honor in enduring the world’s absurdity, and whenever we revolt, whenever we claim our freedom and make the most of what is given in this campaign in which we are defeated in advance, the universe will no longer be sterile, nor futile. The struggle is enough to fill our hearts.”
Yup.