#mastery

the insane discipline of the world's best jam band

the Grateful Dead

Sep 16, 2024

Craft essays like an architect

I'm bringing the best parts of architecture school to essay writers

Jan 15, 2024 • Michael Dean

Dawn of a listicle (Dean's List #1)

3 side effects of publishing, 11 confessions from a typewriter, and 10 logs to prove I’m still a multidimensional human before I start marketing the…

Jan 4, 2024 • Michael Dean

a private universe of practice

what do I want my audience to hold me accountable for?

Jan 2, 2024 • Michael Dean

brief excursions in the dark arts of marketing

navigating the product, patron, process spectrum

Dec 21, 2023 • Michael Dean

The Mucha Method

How Selling Out Can Enable the Artist Within You

Jun 28, 2023 • Michael Dean

The Center of Mount Shasta

It's been a long time since I've read fiction and poetry. It's showing me dimensions of writing that I missed during my non-fiction binge. It's where my…

Jul 16, 2021 • Michael Dean

Beeple's Mosiac

Beeple’s “Everydays” NFT sold for $69 million. The fact that it’s an NFT is the least exciting part about it. This essay is about Beeple’s process. Your…

May 26, 2021 • Michael Dean

Architecture school was a 5-year military-grade boot camp for designers. Why does studio culture motivate students so intensely? We’ll look into the…

Jul 4, 2020 • Michael Dean

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