module 10

Doing It Badly, On Purpose

The closing argument: making things you will never sell, skill without ambition, and ten years of Tuesdays.

5 articles

  1. 1

    The tyranny of the side hustle

    On the kindest, heaviest sentence in the English language — and what it costs you.

  2. 2

    Making things you'll never sell

    A lopsided bowl that holds nothing — and why that might be the whole point.

  3. 3

    Skill without ambition

    A quiet kind of getting good at something — the kind that doesn't need to go anywhere.

  4. 4

    Sharing work that isn't good yet

    The apology comes before the object. Maybe it doesn't have to.

  5. 5

    Ten years of Tuesdays

    What happens when you stop asking whether it's worth it and just keep the evening.