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Kind of unrelated, but it's a really cool "news aggregator". I've stumbled upon lot of interesting things (by this I mean videos, poems, articles and essays, not discounring the odd image) on here-interesting and quaint alike. These are especially useful when I have some sort of creative block.
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Jan 16, 2025
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⌨️i find myself lacking creativity lately; i thoroughly blame college for it which i feel like should enhance it but apparently not. so lately i’ve been looking for some sort of guidance and also interesting articles to read on my commute to uni instead of mindlessly doomscrolling (which i also love doing).
there are so many categories to choose from like zines and essays along with a collection of tips and guides which i find quite useful and entertaining!
i absolutely love this site! its my little corner of the internet that actually helps me too and exposes me to so many things.
there are so many categories to choose from like zines and essays along with a collection of tips and guides which i find quite useful and entertaining!
i absolutely love this site! its my little corner of the internet that actually helps me too and exposes me to so many things.
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📄I was reading Cheryl Strayed's introduction to the 2013 edition of "The Best American Essays" and I came upon this passage which really seems to have completely transmogrified my brain along with my perception of essay writing:
"The word essay means 'to try', 'to attempt', 'to test'... Behind every good essay there's an author with a savage desire to know more about what is already known. A good essay isn't a report of what happened. It's a search for the stuff beyond and beneath." It's a really beautiful approach to essay writing and I think writing and art in general. The point is not mechanical precision but discovery: to "try", "attempt", "test" in search for the essence of things, their obscured layers. I don't know, I just find this perspective SO liberating!! :))
"The word essay means 'to try', 'to attempt', 'to test'... Behind every good essay there's an author with a savage desire to know more about what is already known. A good essay isn't a report of what happened. It's a search for the stuff beyond and beneath." It's a really beautiful approach to essay writing and I think writing and art in general. The point is not mechanical precision but discovery: to "try", "attempt", "test" in search for the essence of things, their obscured layers. I don't know, I just find this perspective SO liberating!! :))
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