Persoonlijke aantekeningen door Niek de Greef over cultuur, politiek, media en maatschappij. Doorleefde essays over het hedendaagse leven.
The War of Art Mini Course, Part Four van Steven Pressfield
The War of Art needs no argument. It is the best-known book for “creators/creatives” by Steven Pressfield.
Inside My Studio: Tom Sachs – YouTube
I am still exploring Tom Sachs.
Dang!
Very special Youtuber from Japan.
https://www.mygrations.nl/journal-2/
Mylene and Yuri travel the world in the Volkswagen van. Very cool to follow them. They are now in Iran/Pakistan. Also on insta.
The week in links:
(1552) GitLab Virtual Meetup – Intro to GitLab CI featuring Michael Friedrich – YouTube
I am teaching myself Gitlab. This is a nice intro by Gitlabber Michael Friedrich.
Writing Wednesdays: “Talent is B.S.”
The blog/vlog of Steven Pressfield.
I open the site and an hour of my life has disappeared.
Laat de email newsletters uit je inbox naar deze appstromen.
Tom Sachs (@tomsachs) • Instagram-foto’s en -video’s
Tom Sachs.
Very nice video by Van Neistat.
Bertien van Manen. No-BS top photographer.
The Cramps. With the coolest guitarist ever, Poison Ivy.
Ik was begonnen de takken van onze leibomen te leiden met tiewraps. Toen mijn vriend, een hovenier, dit hoorde balanceerde hij even tussen lachen en huilen. Leibomen bind je met bindbuis. Bindbuis is flexibel, en vergaat. Een tiewrap zou de tak wurgen.
Verder kan je de leiboom binden en snoeien naar wens, dat is tenminste een beetje mijn afdronk van de research die ik deed. Wil je een haag-achtige structuur, dan scheer je de boom als een heg. Wil je een duidelijker vorm en takken, dan bind je de horizontale takken in de vorm, en snoeit de overige takken.
Uitkijken dat je niet van je trap lazert en op je rug tussen de verbena’s belandt. Zoals ik deed.
This week I dabbled through my browser and YouTube history:
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview. On my new laptop, I install Scrivener. A great tool for only a little over 50 euros.
https://www.gwern.net/About
A site that I would like to learn more about.
https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/?utm_campaign=What
A list of things you are allowed to do. Via a newsletter but I don’t remember which one.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/filltheframe
Fill The Frame – an interesting film about street photography that I still haven’t watched. (PS 2024 – I have seen it – it is good)
https://pfauth.com/publiceren/close-door-start-writing/
Stephen King on writing.
https://vimeo.com/33998046
Color – a film by Tom Sachs.
https://stevenpressfield.com/2022/06/you-have-to-be-a-studio/
A writer, a pro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOSEGYBy8d8
Running Sucks. Really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt-VlZpz-8E
How to Sweep – also Tom Sachs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt-VlZpz-8E
weather report by David Lynch.
More weeks here (now also a newsletter).
It is such an extremely hot day by Dutch standards. I added the latter because I am talking to my colleague, via Zoom. He is in India, and it is 42 degrees there.
I am reading a great story by Tommy Wieringa, about two brothers who run a restaurant together. One is in the kitchen, the other does the serving, and they have been trying to make each other’s lives miserable for years. A cup of coffee makes me break out in a sweat.
A cup of coffee makes me break out in a sweat. I open the doors early in the morning to bring a slight coolness into the house, but it’s mopping with the tap open. My forearms stick to the desktop. Tomorrow it will be 20 degrees and raining. Then, I will think back wistfully to this hot day.