The Sunday Digest 085
"Sometimes we live in no particular way but our own."
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Sunday Read: André 3000 Is At Peace (For Now)
by Hanif Abdurraqib for The Bitter Southerner (via Lunch Reads)
I like to imagine a world where you grow old and allow yourself to become dedicated to a creative part of your spirit that you never knew existed. Unfortunately, that’s not exactly how things pan out. Most golf, go to lunches, or simply keep working.
André 3000, however, has found himself miles ahead my aforementioned timeline. In fact, I’d argue his timeline is more desirable in the first place as you’ll find out in this week’s Sunday Read.
Here’s an excerpt:
In an interview six years ago, André reiterated something he’d insisted upon when he was 25: that he didn’t want to still be rapping at 50 years old. More than a Townshend-esque “I hope I die before I get old” musing, or even placing a timeline on what is or isn’t a worthy creative pursuit, it was foreshadowing an attempt to have an honest relationship with linear time. A life, teeming with creation, not wanting to be confined to Just The One Thing, no matter how good you are at it, no matter how easily it comes to you or how much people want you to keep doing it.
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku: Revolving Doors
Friday was happy,
Saturday was great, but then
Sunday was just not.
Things I Saved This Week
Sunday Watch: JOB and the surfing culture in San Francisco
About 14 years ago, I lived in San Francisco for six months — and it was actually where I first heard the phrase “Sunday Scaries” for the first time. In an effort to not spend money in a city with high rents and rising costs, I found myself looking for free activities to do on Sundays.
My favorite activity? Walking to the base of the Golden Gate Bridge to watch the surfers curl around the rocks. In fact, I kind of wish I was there right now rather than in the Las Vegas airport post-Sphere.
Enjoy.
— Will
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