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Maxwell Nichols
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Exploring art and creativity
Jim Henson: How to sell out like an artist
Twitter: x.com/mxwllYT
Jim Henson wanted to make a living as an artist. Finding his craft in puppetry, Henson would not only make a living for himself, but employ thousands of other creatives and inspire millions more. Henson's ability to leverage the attention on his innovative work granted him artistic freedom and resources matched by only a handful of artists in history.
Resources:
Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones
Make Art, Make Money by Elizabeth Stevens
00:00 The Call
00:33 The Starving Artist
05:56 The Sell Out
11:45 The Idea Man
Thanks for watching!
Jim Henson wanted to make a living as an artist. Finding his craft in puppetry, Henson would not only make a living for himself, but employ thousands of other creatives and inspire millions more. Henson's ability to leverage the attention on his innovative work granted him artistic freedom and resources matched by only a handful of artists in history.
Resources:
Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones
Make Art, Make Money by Elizabeth Stevens
00:00 The Call
00:33 The Starving Artist
05:56 The Sell Out
11:45 The Idea Man
Thanks for watching!
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We don't create worlds to escape reality
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Walt Disney's life was riddled with mistake and controversy, but in this video I wanted to simply dissect his motivations for creating. To examine the forces behind Disney's desire for control, his inspiring hope for tomorrow, and his unrelenting nostalgia. Like I mention in the video, this project was inspired by episode ten of David Zwirner's Dialogues podcast featuring Alex Da Corte and Char...
The apartment that pioneered modern art
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Connect with me: mxwllYT 27 Rue De Fleurus was the the home of Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas. From 1905 to 1938 they hosted weekly gatherings where the European Avant Garde flourished. Notable attendees include Ernst Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse. The apartment facilitated an environment for young creatives to develop ideas in the company of like minded collaborators...
Steal Like an Artist: Generating creative ideas, practically
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Connect with me on Twitter: mxwllYT Austin Kleon's Steal Like an Artist exonerates creative people from the burden of originality. In this video, I explore my understanding of Kleon's work, how I've used it in my own creative journey, and ultimately a warning against uninspired plagiarism. I wrote this video months before I published it, have been trying to finish it since then, and...
Why NFTs failed to overthrow fine art
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Connect with me: mxwllyt NFTs are not fine art. Fine art just being what you're accustomed to seeing in a museum. It has identity, history, and an ambition greater than its physical form. NFTs are uninspired and have been manufactured for the sole purpose of hoarding money. Seriously. Its baked into the whole scheme. NFTs flew into the mainstream under the disguise of innovation, bu...
Democratizing Creativity: How AI is replacing artists
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Will AI replace artists? Artificial intelligence will democratize art. It will free individuals from the burden of having to learn a craft. Doesn't sound very romantic, but it is an unavoidable reality. We will all equally create, share, and compete with our peers. Ideation is the first and only step in fabrication. I didn't do a great job in discussing details or really elaborating on anything...
How to Read a Book: The easy guide to get hooked on books
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How to Read: Rediscovering books in the digital age. Contemporary content consumption (got to love some good alliteration) is inundated with insoluble novelty. Tiktok, our primary offender, along with CZcams, Netflix, and video games provide relentlessly catered novelty exponentially more attractive than any form of media ever produced. Not to say the content shouldn't exist. It is the greatest...
Why the modern world is fine with being so ugly
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Connect with me: mxwllYT When The World Abandoned Aesthetics. Why is our modern world so ugly? Have you ever considered how we progressed from ornate marble columns, arches, and buttresses, to concrete monolithic structures polluting our skylines? I love modern architecture, I even love concrete, but what dictates beauty is adherence to depth. To the quality of beauty so unrefined a...
Why creative people get to be selfish
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Selfish has a bad connotation, but everyone could benefit from you considering you first. When understanding why someone would deserve to be more selfish, we tend to think that living only for others assures we become depressed and unfulfilled. This is true. Living for others is an easy way to ignore the responsibility of independent action, but that's not what we are discussing in this video. ...
I can’t believe this channel doesn’t have more people subscribed with this production! Thanks for the great content!
Thanks for watching!
Always great to see a videoessay that indeed uses video
indeed
This is so good! Great to see you back
G is back
Great Video! Keep Going! 👍
Holy shit that intro, you always blow me away with your production quality, each video is better than the last, excited to see you back
Thank you! Hopefully I keep improving. Appreciate you always watching
@@MaxwellNichols Think maybe you should change the title to "How To Sell Out Like An Artist" I have no clue how this video doesn't have more views, it's like your channel has been hidden when you make such high quality stuff! You need more attention on you
Haha, it'll pick up eventually. I think I had tried that title already, but maybe I'll set it for longer. Thanks for the input!
I absolutely love your videos
Dude get famous already this is fire
I subbed and belled so quickly with steal like an artist, now i have to make sure i savor every video.
Please come back :<
Wow, I just can say WOW❤
You bought me with the mendel cartoon
Didn't really understand how human made art will strive, dare to reexplain pls😂
Strive, as in struggle? Not sure you watched my video
"democratising creativity"? What stopped you before from picking up a sketchbook and a pencil? Or writing on an online forum?
Did you even watch the video?
@@MaxwellNichols No. I swear I was responding to another video and got mixed with this. I might be stupid. Anyways, watching now.
Your video deserves more views amazing work sir 🎉🎉
This video worked for my ADHD brain, I didn't skip...
This is such a great video.
4:54 my inner autism perks up
i love how you stole Austin's book. Very creative :D
thanks!
This is an INSANELY well done video. From content to editing to animation… amazing!!
thanks :)
I can't imagine how much work when into this. This is beautiful
Thanks! If you thought this one took a lot of work you should check out my newest video... or lmk if it's worse ig
I'm glad to see you're still creating man. This is a beautiful video. Do you make this just for the love of the process or do you care at all about views and those metrics?
Eh, kinda both. I edit for youtubers for work, so this is more of a creative oultet. More views would be cool, but my main intention is just making a good video that reflects where I'm at personally and professionally
this channel is the best hidden gem ive ever found
thanks, glad you found it :)
Idk if I am missing something, but Van Gogh didn't cut off his ear "because he was scared of failure,"...but overall, great vid
Because the world is ugly as fuck and full of assholes.
heya, what movies do you feature in this video? (the black & white)
nvm. it's the fountainhead named after Ayn Rand's book
good vid tbh, but to much background sound bro
Underrated as hellll🙏😭😭💗💗💗 This was so informative more attention is needed
Beautiful, this is art. great job man
thank you :)
These videos are amazing man, keep it up
I appreciate the amount of work you put into this, I hope to see more of your art related topic videos than the ones that I already saw. Always entertaining to watch!
Thank you! This video should be a good indicator of what's to come
Your visuals are always top notch, this is better than channels who have whole teams to edit videos, props man.
Thanks, appreciate you always taking the time to watch!
that sounds terrifying imagine a future where our brain are slowly but surely being bombarded by ai meaningless content while they live their virtual realities as their real life bodies decay
Damn, i sometimes forget that clasical art is more than pretentious people talking pretentious things Great video, my man
Yeah, it's really a shame. Most artists, especially great ones, are wholly unpretentious and intended their work for the masses. It's the dorks in the art market doing all the gatekeeping. Thanks for watching:)
hey man wonderful video, random thing that might help the videos out is the fan spinning which kinda throws the dope vibe a bit off
95° no ac when I filmed this. gotta sacrifice vibes to get it done sometimes haha
Wow, that was one of the most historically uninformed videos I've happened to add to my watchlist in months, on par with Adam Something. Samurai were not killed. You could not kill some 10% of population - that is how many there were. There were a few local revolts, such as the one presented in overly romanticized version in The Last Samurai, but that's it. Samurais were stripped off their privileges, that for many were rather burden, as they prohibited the samurai to take productive jobs. Industrial Revolution did not end in 1840. The Frist industrial revolution - large scale adoption of high pressure, Watt steam engine. What happened next is is that Bessemer process of steel production was discovered, and the industrial revolution just kicked the next gear, called the Second Industrial Revolution. As a matter of fact, it is not yet over - we're just living through the Fourth one. Also, by the time of industrial revolution industry was anything else but purely utilitarian - even in the US, which had it own way, completely different from that of Europe. The cultural stream from the West to Japan was not one-sided. Western artists were fascinated by Japanese style, but art was not the only thing that the contact with Japan has influenced. Japanese blend of utilitarian simplistic beauty has inspired - your next point! - the whole cohort of architects who put the path to modern architecture, in particular - yes - Frank Lloyd Write. It was not the only cause, but its influence is undeniable. It is also a complete mistake to attribute the unimaginative nature of the modern architecture to capitalism - a short-sightedness only possible if you are a US leftist who never left the country. Just have a look at soviet architecture, the one I grew in. "Oh, but what about Stalin-era buildings" one would say. Well, apart from being overly pompous, those were buildings for the eilte. Sometimes average people happened to live in it - like my grandma-in-law, who got it because she was a senior footwear technologist and lived on 16m2 (no, I'm not going to convert to FREEDOM units) with her husband and daughter up until the age of 40. Also, the actual quality of brickwork was nothing to aspire to. A solid dislike, which will - against my will, still promote your channel.
Thanks for the clarifications. I've pinned your comment for those unfortunate enough to come across my video
@@MaxwellNichols I see what you did here. Nice! I appreciate constructive criticism as much as you do.
wow, funny sigh: it is very similar to the sign of the Hungarian Nazis in the 40's (check "nyilaskereszt")
I understand CZcams videos take at least three millennia to create, but I and many more others woud like hear more of your takes on a wider range on of topics.
Can't believe I'm only just watching this one now, love all of your videos Max. Also, your editing and scripts have improved considerably! So cool to get to watch something like this that you've put together. Again, keep up the wonderful work!
Thanks Lana! Really appreciate you still taking the time to watch :) I wonder what you'll think whenever I upload
this is so good. i seriously agree with everything here. It's like everyone is living on autopilot, barely in harmony with their physicality and nature
Tesla is the epitome of this horrendous trend
ceramics are amazing and effective
We can blame a lack of architectural inspiration in part on the professionalization of the craft. In the 1980's, most states adopted legislation to create architectural licensing boards. This prevented anyone lacking a degree, at a time when the only architectural styles being taught in schools were brutalist/modernist types. Frank Lloyd Wright wasn't a licensed architect, for example. People with a passion have had to undergo relatively sterile training by professors trained in sterility. Historically though, you learned the trade through internship, which allowed for some freedom of choice in your adopted style and much greater flexibility. Here we are...
This is beautiful, feels like johnny harris and nathaniel drew had a baby haha
Probably cause half the video uses their music haha (both composed by tom fox) Crazy we both uploaded videos, on the same day, about buildings hosting collaborating artists btw. Wish I thought to pick 368, such an influential group of filmmakers
@@MaxwellNichols Yeah man the coincidence is freaking wild. can't wait to see you grow as a creator, you got an unique style. cheers to the future!
and tom fox is legend lols
thanks man! Same to you :)
Good job on making a better thumbnail, I was thinking the reason this great video wasn't getting that much attention was from the first thumbnail! Keep going man I love your content and unique blend of mixed media animation
Thanks! I definitely should've been quicker to change the thumbnail, but I liked the simplicity of the last one. The main issue with this video seems to be the intro. Drags too long, doesn't set the right expectations, loses half the audience first 30sec. Hoping to solve for that in my next video :)
This channel is criminally underrated!!! the flow of these videos is so fluid and visually exciting to follow. I can't fathom how many hours of effort get condensed into 11 minutes, but I selfishly hope for many more of these to come :D
thanks for taking the time to watch! new video coming next month :)
Sometimes someone with a particular skill or natural talent thinks he can become a master of all trades, and flops miserably. Only a handful of people have been able to do that. Most of them lived during the Renaissance. Hence the term Renaissance Man.
Phenomenal work. Subscribed.
Could you do something similar about this theory with music such as the Seattle grunge scene, and the west coast/east coast hip hop, Bay Area thrash scene, etc
I'll definitely look into it, there's a ton of examples of these sorts of centralized movements. I might do a video exploring a handful of them and look into why or how they arise yk
so much great content in so little time!