Billy Oppenheimer

SIX at 6: Lowering The Stakes, Bad Poetry, Coal Miners, What’s The Big Deal?, The Down-Up Theory, and Premeditated Resentments (opens in new tab)

One Of The Best Strategies When an artist is stuck, Rick Rubin writes in The Creative Act, “one of the best strategies is to lower the stakes.” He explains, “We tend to think that what we’re making is the most important thing in our lives and that it’s going to define us for all eternity. Consider moving […]

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