Another recent article in The Guardian, Can I learn to be cool – even though I am garrulous, swotty and wear no-show socks?, tries to define “effortlessly, undeniably cool”. It pretty much articulates the notion that cool equals the physical appearance of popular-famous. Consumer fashion. The journalist, Elle Hunt, seeks reassurance she is cool – […]
An article in The Guardian about the definition of Cool reports on findings by the American Psychological Society that there are six characteristics people perceive in cool people: extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous The article goes on to briefly reference the history cool (and to be honest, I’d never thought about where the […]
Julian Simpson’s Substack post, On Authenticity, has struck a chord with me this morning. I enjoy Simpson’s blogging/newsletters in which he describes his insights as a scriptwriter and I’m an avid fan of his audiodramas. Simpson frequently describes the challenges he faces in the meda industry in taking creative ideas forward into production through the […]