Find the Turpentine - David Spinks' Newsletter
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How to build community by focusing on practice, not purpose
digital art of a bottle of artists’ turpentine | DALL-E There’s a great Picasso quote that every community creator should keep on their desk. It goes like this: “When art critics get together they talk about form and structure and meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.” In these two sentences, our old pal Pablo points out a common mistake community creators make: They focus too much on purpose when members just want to go deep on their practice. Let’s take climate change as an example. Members are drawn in by purpose: they’re worried…
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