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Episode 123: Closing Doors, Opening Doors

This week, Jessica and Michael celebrate composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, whose may 90th birthday events have been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Michael talks about three precepts that guide Sondheim’s creative practice:

The first one is: Less is more.
The second is: Content dictates form.
And the third one is: God is in the details.

If you heard someone had built their practice around those three precepts, would you not think they were a designer? I mean, he really thinks like a designer, which is why he’s so appealing to me as an artist.

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