Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · Dec 19

Víctor Hugo, born 1802 in Eastern France, spent his teenage years filling notebooks with poetry and sketches. Eruptions from his restless mind. He developed a two-handed approach—one hand writing, the other drawing—that he’d later use while writing classics like The Hunchback of Notre Dame (cont.)

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Stephen Harrison · Dec 19

Now imagine Hugo was born in 2012. Instead of empty notebooks, he would have access to the infinite feed. Throughout adolescence, his phone would provide constant stimulation. Never bored, he’d have no time or space, and no compulsion, to create.