98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.
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The world is a crazy, beautiful, ugly complicated place, and it keeps moving on from crisis to strangeness to beauty to weirdness to tragedy. The caravan keeps moving on, and the job of the longform writer or filmmaker or radio broadcaster is to stop - is to pause - and when the caravan goes away, that's when this stuff comes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life is a complex mix of experiences, and creators have the duty to pause and reflect on these moments.
David Remnick's quote highlights the chaotic and multifaceted nature of the world, filled with crises, beauty, and strangeness. He emphasizes the role of writers and artists to take a step back and observe when the constant movement of life slows down, as this pause allows for deeper insights and understanding of the human experience.
Themes
LifeComplexityCreativityReflectionArt
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the importance of pause in creative processes.
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