The Old Friend Blog

Read the blog posts below about writing, creativity, art, and finding your people.

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Kerouac’s Writing Advice

Just in case you haven’t read this yet and are happy with the status quo of modern writing. You are missing out on ecstasy.

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Stolen Hours To Create

There is never enough time for any person to write what they should be writing. It has to be stolen.

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Make More Babies

Here’s the thing—you can always make more babies. You can have more sex with paper. Make more love with canvas. You have the power to make more projects, to have more ideas.

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Painful Artistry

It’s painful to create art that has no meaning, and no purpose, and no emotion.

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