You start by imperfectly copying someone or something that inspires you. You keep copying, making mistakes and drawing inspiration from other sources. And eventually, you find you've made something new and original.
This short post (and its title) was inspired by a far more insightful one by Austin Kleon called Copying is how we learn. If you like that you should also check out his book Steal Like An Artist, which is excellent.
Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…
I love these hyper-realistic portraits by Emanuele Dascanio.
More wisdom from Derek Sivers (everything he writes is fantastic): Rock stars have a boss?
A student at Oxford University captured a photo of a single atom with a normal camera.
The best Rube Goldberg machine I've seen... and it only took 3 months to make!
I'm going to shut up about Nils Frahm after today's post. But as I'm seeing him play at the Barbican on Friday he can have one more mention! In this mini-documentary by Crack Magazine (only 12 minutes long), Nils talks about his creative process, his new studio and performs Sunson from his latest album.
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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…
This is a little mindblowing. Those strawberries aren’t red!
Yesterday, as I ate my dinner I watched SpaceX launch its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time. And now there is a red Tesla Roadster flying around in space! Quite incredible, what a time to be alive. Make sure you check out the photos and videos.
The glasses of the future? I’m not sure whether I’d actually want these or want to have a conversation with someone who’s wearing them. But saying that, I once said that I’d never want an iPhone…
Science says willpower is overrated. Now what?
Nils Frahm’s new album All Melody is out and it’s REALLY good.
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ps. There'll be no Five Things next week as I'll be on holiday. But fear not, Five Things will return the following week!
Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…
Putting things into perspective: The mass of many objects in grams
A fantastic episode of the You Are Not So Smart podcast on the Backfire Effect
Another reason to leave Facebook: Growing apart and losing touch is human and healthy
Spaced learning = good. Cramming = bad: How To Teach Your Brain Something It Won’t Forget A Week Later
I’ve come across Poppy Ackroyd’s music in various Spotify playlists but only just got around to listening to her albums. They are all great, though I particularly like Feathers.
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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…
So “get out of jail free” cards are an actual thing?!
An interesting musical analysis of Radiohead and Lana Del Rey’s plagiarism dispute. Her song, Get Free, has significant musical similarities to Radiohead’s song Creep.
Attach a very expensive camera to the base of a LearJet, fly around for a bit and you might end up with something like this. Stunning!
A great piece on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the underlying blockchain technology that makes it all possible.
My pals, Druids, have just released their latest EP Up To Mars. We had a lot of fun making the video for the title track so give it a watch and help spread it around the internet by hitting the share button!
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