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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.
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.
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.
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.
On dilettantism
Over the course of this project I will dig into the details of dilettantism and how useful it is for artists…
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…
The Dilettante's Field Manual 