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Creativity and loneliness seem to go hand in hand. Some even believe loneliness is essential to creativity — not only…
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I recently heard one of my favorite directors, Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant), say that his biggest concern for…
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Creativity is full of paradoxes — not the least of which is the fact that having absolute creative freedom is…
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In his TED talk on the value of creative sabbaticals, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister describes a project he orchestrated in…
A film can be perfectly executed and beautifully shot, yet still ultimately waste the viewers’ time. As high-end tools become…
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As David Foster Wallace famously put it: “Of course you end up becoming yourself.” Which probably just means that everything…
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If you’re waiting for permission to start making great films, chances are you’ll be waiting forever. Here’s the secret: You…
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“On your way to wonderful, you’re gonna have to pass through all right,” Bill Withers warns filmmaker Damani Baker in…
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According to a recent study by the Behavioral Science Research Institute, 70% of us will doubt ourselves at some point…
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The hardest part of making a film isn’t the grueling days, the logistical Rubik’s Cube, or the 10,000 problems that…
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