Portland. If you have the opportunity to slide over to @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social to see the David Hockney show, YOU SHOULD. It’s really fantastic. After you do, check out my conversation with Catherine Whitney who was the guest curator for the show. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...

Episode 0010: Catherine Whitney on David Hockney and how the arts stimulate our brains

Curator Catherine Whitney (Honolulu Museum of Art) on David Hockney's final retrospective, museum leadership, and the neuroscience of why art is good for you.

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Making or looking at art fires multiple brain regions at once, building neural connections tied to brain health. Catherine Whitney is curating a whole show around that research. #podcast #art #neuroscience somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...

Episode 0010: Catherine Whitney on David Hockney and how the arts stimulate our brains

Curator Catherine Whitney (Honolulu Museum of Art) on David Hockney's final retrospective, museum leadership, and the neuroscience of why art is good for you.

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David Hockney could look at a single raindrop on a pond and see something worth building a show around. Curator Catherine Whitney on his sense of wonder, right to the end of his life. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0... @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social #podcast #art #hockney

🌈⚾ NEW EPISODE: I sat down with @outsports.com writer Ken Schultz @kenschultz.bsky.social to break down what happened when Giants pitchers wrote Bible verses on their caps and refused to wear Pride hats and why Buster Posey's response made it so much worse. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...

Episode 0009: Ken Schultz - Outsports baseball writer

Gay sportswriter Ken Schultz (Outsports) on the Giants Pride Night controversy: Bible verse hats, MLB backlash, and Buster Posey's non-answer.

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"If you don't have an opinion or you don't care about it, you're not going to write anything good about it." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social on the tell that a newsletter is about to die: the writer https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Work-life balance is a myth. Work-life harmony is something you can actually build. The difference: balance assumes equal hours and equal weight. Harmony asks what actually needs your full attention https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0005-elizabeth-maxson/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Assuming positive intent is healthy. But it has limits, and knowing where those limits are is actually what makes it work. @joshuagraves.me on why good faith isn't a blank check. #Communication #Art https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0006-joshua-graves/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

How do you tune out the noise and focus on the work in front of you? @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social asked this genuinely. He works alone, he's on the internet all day, and he doesn't have a good https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

A CMO with four kids and a demanding role, on what keeps it all from falling apart: "The work will always be there tomorrow waiting for you. You're in technology, we're not saving lives here." https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0005-elizabeth-maxson/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

The nerds won baseball. Then the nerds became the gatekeepers. @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social watched the sabermetric revolution go from outsider knowledge to institutional power, and noticed the same https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

The difference between being nice and being kind is one of the sharper things @joshuagraves.me has put into words. One's a candy coating. The other is actually doing the right thing. #Communication https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0006-joshua-graves/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

"Anybody could stop in at any point of the day, no matter how busy she was, she would stop and feed them." Ethan Marcotte on his grandmother. The same instinct runs through everything he's written, https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

"It's a very strange thing to be content." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social, after two career pivots, 16 years of writing alone, and a newsletter he could do until he dies. Sometimes the destination is https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

The name Good Lion Golf came from a missed shot on a golf course. "Taylor, was that safe?" "No, Jonny, it wasn't safe. But it was good." Sometimes a brand philosophy arrives fully formed from a bad lie. https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0008-jonny-hoffner/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

If you stripped the stylesheet from your website, would what's left still make sense? The question Ethan Marcotte's been asking for 25 years. Most sites don't hold up. #WebDesign #Design https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

What do you do with the parts of yourself that make you hard to be around, but also make you good at what you do? Jonny Hoffner spent years trying to get rid of his existential anxiety. Then a therapist https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0008-jonny-hoffner/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Sabermetrics gave Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) something unexpected: a way into baseball that didn't require anyone's permission. No gatekeepers. No "you didn't play the game." https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Tech workers asking "what is our labor being used for?" isn't new. Those fights go back to the middle of the 20th century. Knowing that history changes how you show up for the ones happening right now. https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

"I am extraordinarily lucky to wake up every day and just empty my brain onto a page and have people pay me for it." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social on what keeps him writing a 3,000-word newsletter https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Golf has two aesthetics: the cult in Cabo polo-and-khaki uniform, or the neon bro blowout. Jonny Hoffner built Good Lion Golf because neither one fit. The most interesting design space is usually the https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0008-jonny-hoffner/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

People who access the internet on older hardware or slower connections still deserve a beautiful experience. Ethan Marcotte grew up with family on near-dial-up. That stayed with him through everything https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Learning the unwritten rules of a new profession isn't about being taught. It's about watching people you respect and copying what they do. Jake Mintz on So Many Questions. #Sports #Baseball https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0002-cespedes-family-bbq/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Responsive design wasn't a framework or a rulebook. It was a way of thinking. That's why it spread everywhere. @ethanmarcotte.com on ep. 0001. #WebDesign #Design #Tech https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Creative businesses don't fail because the work isn't good. They fail because the founder expected security that was never part of the deal. Jonny Hoffner has run two creative businesses for 18 years https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0008-jonny-hoffner/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

When does familiarity with something you love stop feeling like a privilege and start feeling like a job? @cespedesbbq.bsky.social have been asking this for 12 years. #Baseball #Sports https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0002-cespedes-family-bbq/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

The web is the first completely flexible design medium. By default, it doesn't have any limits. Ethan Marcotte spent years arguing we should design with that flexibility, not against it. That thinking https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0001-ethan-marcotte/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Showing up consistently matters more than any single story you file. The beat writers who get the most access aren't always the best writers. They're just always there. #Baseball #Sports https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0002-cespedes-family-bbq/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

17 years of wedding photography, and this is what Jonny Hoffner learned about his job: it was never really about the camera. The relationship you build before you ever pick it up is the whole thing. https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0008-jonny-hoffner/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

"Should" is a word worth watching. Rob Bell points out it implies a second, ideal self judging the first. There's only one you. Swap "should" for "want" and see what changes. A small reframe that cuts https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0003-rob-bell/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

A clear and quiet mind beats money, fame, and Bitcoin. Rob Bell says that's actually where new ideas come from too. Wonder, stillness, and then: the thing you need to do next just arrives. Turns out https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0003-rob-bell/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social