On the first day of the year, I was lucky to come across this phrase by Dostoyevski, mentioned on Lex Fridman podcast: “Beauty will save the world.” (“Красота спасёт мир”, in Russian, a language I am struggling to learn.)
As an artist, this quote really resonates. The first thing I wrote on my new notebook of ideas and projects, even before learning of this great line, was: “Go on. Make beautiful things”.
Wishing everyone a fantastic 2022, filled with relentless creativity, adventure, love, kindness, and forgiveness (to self and others). And I hope I can bring you some beautiful things this year.
This episode discusses both high level and practical ideas on creating a vision for creative projects and putting plans into action.
Thoughts on my experience of doing a diary entry every day for a year.
Today's guest is Wendy Zhou and we talked about a very interesting instrument called the pipa, traditional Chinese music and Wendy's experience bringing Chinese music to the West and the bridging between traditions. We also talked about the healing power of music and her journey as an artist.