Tumblr Wisdom

I really like Tumblr for the interesting text posts. There are all sorts of creative things people say.

This page is dedicated to preserving some funny/strange/unhinged things I read and wanted to share.

Moth

I take my wallet out of my pocket and unfold it.
It is empty other than a single moth that lazily flies out.
The moth lands on the tap point of the card reader.
There's a beat, and my payment is processed.
The moth flies back into my wallet and I put it back in my pocket.

"I could do that" - Art Rant: author unknown

The thing about "i could do that" is that what people mean is that they can copy the finished product because the work of coming up with something and making it has already been done for them. Every little creative decision has already been made and put into creating something, so "doing the same thing" is only doing the work of physically making something. But art doesn't just appear out of thin air. Every little decision someone makes is part of the creative process. If you "can just do that" you would be doing it instead of just saying it. because the most essential part of making a piece of art is actually making it. You have to come up with it, decide to make it, and make it, for it to even exist. You can look at someone's works and think that on a technical level you can "Do The Same Thing" but that's not really true. Because the work of unique creative choices for a particular piece you're looking at has already been done. Some pieces are hard to make because they're very complex on a technical level, but every single piece that's created requires the essential work of coming up with it, making choices that are unique to you as an artist, and actually making the piece.

No

No, actually, I want cables and not bluetooth.
I don't want touchscreens, I want buttons and knobs.
I want to be able to take the battery out of my phone.
I want to charge my phone and plug in head phones at the same time.
I want a cd drive in my laptop and not have to buy an external drive.
I want a car without a display, I want to turn on the lights with a switch not with my voice.
I want to have a paper cinema ticket not a QR code.
I want to listen to illegally burned music on a 00s cd player.
I want to watch movies that i actually own.
I want to read news once a day on paper.
I want to aimlessly flick through magazines and not doomscroll on social media.
I want to write emails and not talk to chatbots.
I want to own stuff without hundreds of digital subscriptions.
I want...