Rework

War with Art by Eric, George, & Sheldon

Jul 9, 20240:20:32Arts

SM Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder talk about the pain of having to rework and rewrite and redraw and replay... like needles in your eye. But just maybe there is something to learn from it?

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