Being a weekly-ish round up of collected news, music, things seen and heard. I do these, then I stop, then I do them again. It feels good to me to turn the ephemeral into a more permanent daybook I can go back to. It reminds me of Robin Sloan‘s concept of “Stock and Flow” that Austin Kleon referred to last year:
“Do you know about this? It couldn’t be simpler. There are two kinds of quantities in the world. Stock is a static value: money in the bank or trees in the forest. Flow is a rate of change: fifteen dollars an hour or three thousand toothpicks a day. Easy. Too easy.
But I actually think stock and flow is a useful metaphor for media in the 21st century. Here’s what I mean:
- Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that reminds people you exist.
- Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today. It’s what people discover via search. It’s what spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.”
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NEWS
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SCROLLING:
- Three Essential Tips For Strengthening Your Character Animation
“Adam Fisher is an award-winning animation artist known for his work on Laika’s Coraline, Paranorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings, and most recently Laika’s Missing Link, premiering in April 2019. He’s also an Assistant Professor of Animation and Game Art at Maine College of Art (MECA) in Portland, Maine.”
LISTENING:
- 🎵 “There Was a Time” by Gene Chandler
- 🎵 “Bsslama Hbibti” by Fadoul
- 🎵 “Baby Come Down” by Alessandro Alessandroni
- 🎵 “Chain” by Anna Calvi
- 🎵 “Jet Setters” by New Optimism
- 🎵 “Peeves” by Illingsworth, Open Mike Eagle
WATCHING:
- 📽 Roma (2018)
- 🎥 Miss Sloane (2016)
- 🎥 Ready Player One (2018)
- 🎥 Turner & Hooch (1989)
- 🎥 Man Up (2015)
READING:
- Three Essential Tips For Strengthening Your Character Animation
Paul Greer 