Tweek!

This is my weekly Twitter update. It’s been a rough week but I had a lot of time for reading.

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This is a very fun video to watch. Brene’ Brown is hugely entertaining — and she gets creatives & what we have to do to produce our work. It’s 22 minutes long, but it’s worth the investment of your time:
Brene’ Brown does an amazing speech on “the sweaty creatives”: 22 minutes that all creatives should invest in: http://tinyurl.com/mwbx8qy 

Don’t we all need guidance about how to price our artwork correctly:
A Guide to Pricing Your Artwork – http://buff.ly/19adxuE via @ArtsyShark

I have both an undergraduate & graduate degree in business and I’ve always wondered what you do if you’re starting with nothing. This article tries to answer that:
“The Secret of the Chicken and the Egg” : what to do if you’re starting with nothing http://feedly.com/k/IBfeHv 

This is an video interview with a brilliant mathematician about how he approaches impossibility (he died a few days after the interview):
“How to Tackle Impossible Problems” interview with the creator of fractals Benoit Mandlebrot http://feedly.com/k/1ceBKgr 

To find that our support of the arts in the US is dwarfed by our support of football is unsettling at best:
“Where’s the Money? US Arts and Culture Economy By the Numbers” does our culture in the US support the arts? http://hyperallergic.com/97423/wheres-the-money-us-arts-and-culture-economy-by-the-numbers/ 

Let’s face it — as artists, we are our own worst critics — and it’s good to hear that we’re in good company:
“Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, and the Long Tradition of Hating Your Own Work” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The99Percent/~3/uU23FDGkqcg/bruce-springsteen-woody-allen-and-the-long-tradition-of-hating-your-own-work 

This is not art related at all but I found it fascinating because it explained a hole in history that I rarely see discussed — the decisions of the British & French & how they shaped the current state of the Middle East:
How the Middle East was shaped after the Ottoman Empire “The map that caused a century of trouble” http://zite.to/1dyunCQ 

This is a photography article but its discussion of using the Golden Mean for composition is applicable to all visual art:
“Beyond Basic Composition: Line, Shape and Form in Photography” http://zite.to/191Of4a 

Again, not an art article but a scientist interview about how having widespread technology without widespread understanding of how it works will lead to a controlled society:
“A Science Icon Died 17 Years Ago. In His Last Interview, He Made A Warning That Gives Me Goosebumps.” http://zite.to/19Hnnk7 

“British Library uploads one million public domain images to the net for remix and reuse” http://zite.to/1kGOVLU