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Most Creative Work Starts with Writing

During a studio tour with Van Neistat (link with timestamp), an enlightening discussion emerged about the centrality of writing for multimedia creations, here in the context of creating YouTube videos. Van: I began crafting videos as a mere hobby. As time progressed, I discerned that what I was truly engaged

Van Neistat’s YouTube Channel

What would an analog YouTube channel look like? Probably like the channel of Van Neistat, the brother of Casey Neistat, one of the early major YouTube stars. Van - that’s his first name - is a character. A spirited man. That name fits him and his YouTube channel like

How Brian Rutenberg creates his paintings and videos

In this Every article Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’ the New York artist Brian Rutenberg talks about his creative process, his productivity, and the reason for doing his Studio Visit YouTube videos. There’s so much in this article that rings true and fundamental. For creators, for writers,

Simple YouTube videos like Peter Zeihan on Geopolitics

I’ve been following Peter Zeihan's YouTube channel for quite some time and enjoy his takes on Geopolitics. I've watched his channel grow in subscribers from around 20k to currently 650k. His videos are a beautiful example of how it doesn’t have to be complicated to create a YouTube

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