Fields Notes #14

July 2024

Jul 31, 2024

Fields Notes is a monthly collection of references curated by Sean Fields. Enjoy.

“Don’t take it personal. Take note and take care of it.”

-Pharrell Williams

A July Playlist

References & Notes:

“At the same time, to have a speciality doesn't mean closing all other possibilities, fields of knowledge and production; on the contrary, it demands that alternative channels remain open since there are many ways in which a project can be enriched, and a speciality can be expanded.”

-Don’t get a job, make a job

🔍 Research as Leisure Activity by

Celine Nguyen

Research as a leisure activity includes the qualities I described above: a desire to ask and answer questions, a commitment to evidence, an understanding of what already exists, an output, a certain degree of contemporary relevance, and a community.

💰 Generation Franchise: Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

“our selves are the only thing we have left to sell”

🛜 The New Generation of Online Culture Curators

The new wave of curators is more outward-looking, borrowing from the influencer’s playbook and piggybacking on social media’s intimate interaction with followers in order to address a body of culture beyond themselves.
The job of providing well-informed recommendations once belonged to professional critics employed by newspapers and magazines.

🎛️ "The Living Room" Cali Love w/ MINA