📏👀 TL;DR

We learn about creating wealth, saving time, and making great art.

🗽😄 Must Read: (7 min)

Naval Ravikant’s life is the American Dream. An immigrant youth who struggled in NYC, he overcame adversity and built his fortune. His advice is worth considering because he’s also a genuinely happy individual.

His famous tweetstorm on Wealth Creation will make you reconsider your work.

The Navalmanack is about building wealth and happiness into your life (Free epub, mobi, and PDF).

2️⃣⏩ Must Try: (<half the time)

Save hours by scrubbing past sponsor promos and setting YouTube playback speed between 1.5x to 2x. Install an AdBlocker and pay for Premium, your time is worth more than $15/mo.

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✏👹 Must Watch: (<58 min)

Creature Design with Scott Flanders is dense with insider secrets about creation and perception. Concept art is one of the first steps in the creative process for video games and movies.

I’ve spent hundreds of hours learning about concept art. This video is one of the most succinct and practical videos about iterative design that I’ve found.

🎸💀 Must Listen: (<2 min)

Saying “Halloween” by The Misfits is a Horror Punk classic is an understatement. It’s been covered ad nauseum. In fact, if you want a more melodic version — you can listen to Jeff Manning’s acoustic cover of Alkaline Trio’s cover of The Misfits’ original. Maybe AFI’s pop punk cover is more your style? Southie Punk? Try Drop Kick Murphy’s. Prefer to Skank on Halloween? Enter The Holophonics’.

Modern Musicians pay to have their perfect digital recordings trampled to a gritty analog feel by Producers. The Misfits recorded with potatoes and a 4-track cassette deck in Glenn’s garage.

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Ephemera: In true punk rock fashion, The Misfits appropriated the “Fiend Skull” in 1979 from a 1946 movie series “The Crimson Ghost” by Republic Pictures. Although Republic Pictures never attempted to defend their Intellectual Property. When Danzig split with the band, the avatar became a central component of their court battles.

🎃💖 Closing Thoughts:

Halloween is my favorite holiday. It’s genetic! My 3 year old daughter also loves Vampirina, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and everything spooky.

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But why do we love it?

It’s a chance to express repressed parts of your subconscious. No one knows if you’re being ironic, festive, or yourself. It’s your chance to be the trickster, to instigate, to act out! Also — free candy.

Do you wear a mask everyday or just on Halloween?

With Kindness and Respect,

Clark

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