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Think, Like You Mean It - On Growing Up

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. February 2nd, 2011. Ask an adult if they are ok and they will respond "ya" unconvincingly. Ask a kid the same question and their answer will never be that simple. Somehow they intuit that there is no simple answer to those sorts of questions. The only way to destroy your depravity is to live in it. Children live in their depravity. Be a child. Sin hard. Apologize even when you don't feel it. Don't understand when your apology is not accepted&...Do what y...

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Think, Like You Mean It - Not Tonight & Learning To Let Art Live

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. Not Tonight and Learning To Let Art Live. November 15th, 2012. I'm now starting to see that I can only coexist with my art by adhering to a few rules of thought. The first of which is that my judgement is rarely welcome. Especially, and most importantly, once the piece has been completed. The place you are called to be is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet." - Frederick Buechner. On Aug 16th at 3:11 PM.

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Think, Like You Mean It - Unfinished Thoughts On Art

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. Unfinished Thoughts On Art. July 19th, 2010. Thanks to Seth Godin's "The Linchpin" I am trying to ship more. I often write, but rarely share. I generally create, but seldom ship. What follows are thoughts I have been having on art and being an artist. I am following a train of thought which is much more thoroughly and eloquently spoken by many others. Recently I have been inspired by Seth Godin. And always by G.K. Chesteron. As an artist, you must abando...

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Think, Like You Mean It - We all need a story

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. We all need a story. February 20th, 2014. We all need a story. This film reminded me that we need them more often than we think. A story can teach us, calm us, give us confidence, or dull the edges of a hurt. And yet, it seems that as we grow older, we stop telling stories to each other. Or at least, all of our stories start to be true. Not Tonight and Learning To Let Art Live. Thoughts on the "Let It Burn" Art Project. Unfinished Thoughts On Art.

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Think, Like You Mean It

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. Unfinished Thoughts On Art. Jul 19th, '10. Thanks to Seth Godin's "The Linchpin" I am trying to ship more. I often write, but rarely share. I generally create, but seldom ship. What follows are thoughts I have been having on art and being an artist. I am following a train of thought which is much more thoroughly and eloquently spoken by many others. Recently I have been inspired by Seth Godin. And always by G.K. Chesteron. Mar 7th, '10. May 9th, '06.

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Think, Like You Mean It - What's The Point?

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. March 7th, 2010. What is the point of doing what I do? Why do I drive 200 miles to play a 45 minute set of music for $25? Perhaps I will unravel it backwards and tell you what I feel afterwards. Long after I play a show I feel a massive depression sink over me. A depression that screams the question "What's the point? So what is the point? I am getting off topic. What's the point? Why do I do this? Should I continue to play shows? That pursuit, the pursu...

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Think, Like You Mean It - Archive

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. We all need a story. Feb 20th, '14. We all need a story. This film reminded me that we need them more often than we think. We tell them to our kids, at least once a day, when they've laid down and want to calm their minds. Our kids tell them to us, often in the morning when their minds are rested and creativity is kicking…. Not Tonight and Learning To Let Art Live. Nov 15th, '12. On Being 30 (And an Artist). Jun 2nd, '12. Feb 2nd, '11. When you're a kid,...

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Think, Like You Mean It - Thoughts on the "Let It Burn" Art Project

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. Thoughts on the "Let It Burn" Art Project. August 28th, 2010. Why is it good? Why do we care so passionately about it when it is? As I began thinking about how to market and release my new record "Let It Burn" I thought a lot about these questions. What is it that I actually have here, and how can I show it to people? If I'm giving them away as singles, then it makes sense that each single should have the name of the song on the iTunes art image. The...

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Think, Like You Mean It - On Being 30 (And an Artist)

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Think, Like You Mean It. A Blog by Matt McCloskey. On Being 30 (And an Artist). June 2nd, 2012. Since I've been self/unemployed, I've had two jobs. I've been a musician, and I've been a web designer and developer. My time has always been focused on one of the two. I'm generally either in web mode, or in musician mode, or transitioning between the two. Like a pendulum that swings back and forth, I apply my energy to those two things in a constantly changing gradient of focus. Why do I design things? Money...