I just watched a documentary about the film maker Michel Gondry

1. when you have an idea just get started
2. learn as you do
   at the beginning of the project, you don't know how to solve all the problems, but you find solutions as the problems arise, you learn
3. don't listen to others
   when you do it your own way, people will say "that's not how you do it, it can't be done" don't listen to them, just keep going and ignore the critics
4. put in context
   do the opposite: listen to others. when you get a little further along, you can start to take in other people's opinions to get an outside perspective on the whole thing
5. go back to point 3
   if people start to interfere too much, you stop listening to them

When my mind is troubled I return to this book

A friend of mine, a film director that lived in a collective where we once had our studio, showed me this book in the beginning of 2020. I started reading - practicing - it as the pandemic brought the world to a halt. I have since then picked it up many times throughout the years and recommend it to every friend who experiences any kind of block, doesn't have to be creative.

And now it’s time again bc my mind is in trouble

Link if you also want to read it

"Mama Matrix conjures a deep dub & spoken word set for Radio Alhara- Sonic Resistance Practices hosted by VENA platform. Featuring recent productions by Mama with Iraqi writer, poet & percussionist Taha Salim from his recent poetry book ‘Remnants of War, Migration and Love’. The tripped out mix also features her production with poet Reeta Cherie."
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VENA is a platform and label by dear friends of ours in Milan.

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...their manifesto:

Cultural Resistance and Sonic Practices

VENA is a forward-thinking platform and label that explores new ways of cultural interaction.

The project aims to curate environments where cultural commitment emerges organically, redefining the concept of entertainment through a dialogue between design, relational practices and sound experiments.

International festivals and residencies: VENA has established itself as a catalyst for transformative events and artistic residencies in international contexts with high symbolic value. These events are rooted in the specificities of local communities, creating layered narratives through the encounter between sound, visual arts, extra-academic and curatorial practices.

Each experience is configured as a cultural translation device, capable of generating new forms of mutual understanding and celebrating the complexity of collective artistic expression.

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