Jon Amezcua

Culture

Los Angeles, California and the value of creative friction.

A field note on the city that refuses to be finished.

5 min read

I live in Los Angeles because it refuses to be finished. Every block is an argument between the ocean, the money, the artists and the people who were here first.

Creative work needs that friction. Places that are done stop making things.

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