May 13, 2019

Fave 5 - Week of May 13, 2019

By Eric Maierson • Issue #41 • View online

Breaking News: I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a one credit course at RIT in the Fall entitled Fight the Fear. (Apparently, “Fuck the Fear” was not a viable option in the college catalogue. Go figure.) The class, November 15 - 17, will help students to foster their own creativity, sustain productive work habits, and continue to evolve as craftspeople. Email me for details.

SELF-PROMOTION

52 Things I Know About Making Stuff – Eric Maierson – Medium

This is a revised list edited for the March/April 2019 Issue of NPPA’s News Photographer magazine. Thanks to Julie M. Elman and Sue Morrow.

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JOURNALISM

Down and Out in the Gig Economy | The New Republic

Journalism’s dependence on part-time freelancers has been bad for the industry—not to mention writers like me.

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BEING AND NOTHINGNESS

The Case for Doing Nothing - The New York Times

Stop being so busy, and just do nothing. Trust us.

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Social media and boredom: How technology is changing our emotions - Vox

Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology.

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MOVIES

Anjelica Huston on Growing Up, and Growing Older, in Hollywood

Anjelica Huston, who stars in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, on growing up and growing old in Hollywood, her father John Huston’s prolific career and equally prolific love life (and rough exit), and why Jack Nicholson doesn’t make movies anymore.

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