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Creator Weekly #8: curiosity is a form of care (opens the original)
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Hey, fellow Stackers 👋, and welcome to Creator Weekly.Do you ever make an effort to learn about things you’re not naturally interested in?In a Longreads interview with Susan Orlean, she spoke about her mission as a writer. She believes that the more we understand about the world, the better—even when what we discover unsettles or surprises us, or challenges what we already believe.One thing she said really stayed with me: it’s easy to feel that we don’t need to learn about something simp
Hayao Miyazaki’s Lifelong Love for Flying (opens the original)
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Hey, fellow Stackers 👋When you see a flying scene in an anime, which creator comes to mind first? For me, it’s Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.Miyazaki was born in 1941 into a Japanese manufacturing family. His family’s factory produced parts for military aircraft. Growing up around airplanes gave him a deep fascination with them, and flying became a lifelong love. At the same time, airplanes were being used on a massive scale for war, becoming tools for dropping bombs and taking lives.Miyazaki
Creator Weekly #7: A Little More Boredom (opens the original)
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Hey, fellow Stackers 👋, and welcome to Creator Weekly.When you feel bored, what do you do?My usual response to boredom is to scroll through videos or social media. Recently, I read an article about boredom, and it made me think that perhaps we can learn to accept the boredom in our lives instead of constantly filling it with more information.Boredom nudges us to change what we’re doing and look for something more meaningful. It creates a low-pressure environment where ou
Create a Visual Style for Your Substack Posts (opens the original)
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Hey, fellow Stackers 👋Have you ever thought about adding distinctive visual elements to your Substack posts?In this article, I’ll share four types of image-based visual elements: personal signatures for building recognition, section labels for organizing your posts, personalized dividers for creating atmosphere, and animated subscribe buttons to gently guide readers toward subscribing. I’ll also show you how to save these elements as templates so you can reuse them in future posts.Let’s take a l
Creator Weekly #6: Simple, Not Simpler (opens the original)
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Hey, fellow Stackers 👋, and welcome to Creator Weekly.Occam’s razor says the simplest explanation beats a more complicated one. Simple theories are easier to test, and simple plans are easier to carry out.How to Use Occam’s Razor Without Getting Cut shares an important caveat: simple doesn’t mean correct. As Einstein put it, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”Why doesn’t simple mean correct? The article offers two reasons.For one, simplicity is a princ
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