Henrik Karlsson
Henrik Karlsson is a Swedish essayist and writer who authors the Substack newsletter Escaping Flatland, where he writes about relationships, thinking, agency, and attentiveness. He previously worked as a programmer, factory worker, teacher, lab technician, and art gallery coordinator before becoming a writer. His writing has appeared in publications including WIRED, Asterisk, and The Spectator, and he is known for essays exploring creativity, attention, and the inner life of making things.
“He was talking about how certain forms of media or certain forms of art, they sort of suck you in. But when you come out of them... he was talking about a painting. He's like, when you look at a painting for 10 minutes... it almost sort of spits you back out and you are almost prompted to have your own experience.”
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