FuelRCA

The Royal College of Art's professional development programme. Sharing interesting links on creativity, work & well-being (not necessarily the views of the RCA)

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'The sun makes days, seasons, and years, and the moon makes months, but people invented weeks. What makes a Tuesday a Tuesday, and why does it come, so remorselessly, every seven days?' https://t.co/wYKLZSrMMD

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'We often summon the will to do our best work when we think we’re down to the buzzer—but by then it’s too late to actually do it. It’s only by mentally manipulating ourselves to act early and often that we can ever do spectacular things.'
https://t.co/PL7aOk6Qbx

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

“I think we should all just be constantly streaming into the streets running and screaming at the strangeness of digital technologies generally. The fact that everyone finds everything so normal is very confusing to me” https://t.co/R6JTPbcGNz

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
https://t.co/WEjviaupoX

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'While a good email intro “makes you feel seen,” says Erin McKean, the founder of the online dictionary https://t.co/kauENdpKVo, “a bad introduction makes you feel like a subcontractor in a business you don’t run.'
https://t.co/z7ynkOAWrD

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'You don’t need a fancy template. People don’t connect with templates, they connect with voices and the people behind them; they connect with the purpose of the newsletter and how it adds value to their life.'
https://t.co/GZY0WT3DKF

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'You can learn a lot of the business end of design and illustration by trial and error...but one thing that is seemingly impossible to get a grasp on is pricing...pricing jobs can be one of the most frustrating parts of the creative process.'
https://t.co/h3VFO9fqG7

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'Build the ability to make decisions, to understand and empathize with others, to remain resilient and find ways to resurrect after a bad interlude at work. Bad stuff happens to everyone. The key is how to turn it into fuel to bounce back'
https://t.co/Km3iMfPsLP

[South London Gallery @SLG_artupdates]

New 🎊📢 listen now to the first podcast in a new series co-curated by @shadepodcast1 and the SLG’s Convergence programme, exploring anti-racism and the arts.

Episode 1 features @Kevinmorosky, advertising creative director & co-founder of @wearepocc: https://t.co/Yi55QOgBVS 🎧

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'How should work by artists accused of wrongdoing be presented and contextualized? How must key museum processes change?'
https://t.co/AuEbUxDHTN

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'LinkedIn...might be less alternate universe and more down to earth if the truth was acknowledged: performative professionalism, job hunting, and networking are extensions of work not play.'
https://t.co/lSESXCrFd8

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'Juggling motherhood and any career can be a struggle, but there seems to be something about the role of artist that makes the combination more than usually problematic.'
https://t.co/0Yu26cxqwZ

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'The pandemic means we're probably going to be spending even more time indoors, so it's a good time to get your mind, body, and home ready to hunker down.'
https://t.co/w1of0PauIH

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'There must be a radical re-evaluation of how contributions to the common good are judged and rewarded.'
https://t.co/gfSDcI7U88

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

“We’re not lonely for more interaction. We’re lonely for more meaningfulness”

https://t.co/YzoxbuJY0F

[Cement Fields @CementFields]

Opportunity → Due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on the livelihoods of artists, we're offering informal, practical advice and support to help visual artists navigate this difficult period.

Find out more and apply: https://t.co/Hk8fr8glub

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'The Obstructions Workshop is an ongoing, free, interactive, community based workshop that explores making and creative practice.'

https://t.co/gZbXa5E9ag

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'When we are seeking opportunities it’s easy to fall prey to scarcity mindset. We feel competitive, like what we want is in limited supply...and forget that opportunities are renewable resources. They are abundant & replenishable. They’re all around us..'
https://t.co/B4u3qMqK52

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

"More often than not, by doing your thing – as opposed to what you think you ought to be doing – you kindle a fire that helps keep the rest of us warm."

https://t.co/pR8LJhSwdo

[FuelRCA @FuelRCA]

'When we walk, outdoors specifically, we exit the confines of a relatively controlled space and step into the current of the world.'

https://t.co/JPI4MeMicu