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Tag Archives: Dilettante

Beauty & Chaos: The American Art of Santiago Uceda

Few artists have produced work that feels as urgently American to me in the way that Santiago Uceda’s does.

Posted byDavidOctober 16, 2019April 6, 2020Posted inDilettanteTags:DilettanteLeave a comment on Beauty & Chaos: The American Art of Santiago Uceda

The Steeple Chase – part III

The final post in the series, here are tips for running a Steeple Chase Exercise on your writing in the real world.

Posted byDavidSeptember 16, 2019April 6, 2020Posted inDilettanteTags:Dilettante, writingLeave a comment on The Steeple Chase – part III

The Steeple Chase – part II

In this post we’ll break the Steeple Chase Exercise into its respective parts and show how its playful qualities are the perfect match for literary dilettantes.

Posted byDavidAugust 30, 2019April 5, 2020Posted inDilettanteTags:Dilettante2 Comments on The Steeple Chase – part II

The Steeple Chase – part I

I’m going to share the best thing I learned in graduate school. It’s an exercise called the Steeple Chase and and it’s tailor-made for dilettantes.

Posted byDavidAugust 16, 2019April 6, 2020Posted inFiction and BooksTags:Dilettante2 Comments on The Steeple Chase – part I

On dilettantism

Over the course of this project I will dig into the details of dilettantism and how useful it is for artists…

Posted byDavidJuly 26, 2019April 5, 2020Posted inDilettanteTags:Dilettante4 Comments on On dilettantism

Embracing your inner amateur

I’m a writer and a filmmaker. I can say that now without visibly cringing and with only a minor internal flareup of the old imposter syndrome…

Posted byDavidJuly 12, 2019April 5, 2020Posted inDilettanteTags:Dilettante, imposter syndrom4 Comments on Embracing your inner amateur
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