stars like pinpricks on a dark curtain in front of blinding light We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously. We like joking. Seriousness, young man, is an accident of time. It consists, I don't mind telling you in confidence, in putting too high a value on time. I, too, once put too … Continue reading eternity
"I want to stay as close on the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. ... Big, undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first.Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
Pay attention This common saying implies that there is a finite amount of attention. And it's true. The currency of attention is a blend of time, energy, and intentional presence. I think the way we are paying attention is broken right now. At present we have a seemingly endless streams of new apps that we … Continue reading on attention
start with that idea that keeps bubbling to the surface of your thoughts again and again, month after monthadd an Initial Movementrealize it is harder than you thought and let rest from 1 month to 20 years, checking in once every monthrealize you're going to do it anywaygather information from the internet, from nature, from … Continue reading recipe for anything worth doing
Photo by Steve Johnson on Pexels.com Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. Amy Lowell It's impossible to ascribe a value to art based solely on its constituent materials: the worth of a painting is not the sum of … Continue reading reward good art
passing but never touching like drops running down a windshield tangents
world feels off right now so we drink wine and imagine the world we want to create
The last note of the piece rings out and the piano fades to silence- Hands clap together like the start of rain. I have always been uncomfortable with applause, with that much energy directed towards me at once. I preferred to acknowledge the room with a wave of the hand and get off stage as … Continue reading on applause
learning that plans are important to get the ship out of port, but being a good sailor is knowing how to navigate storms and surges learning that experience is not measured in the number of successes, but the hours spent resolving failures learning how to keep my head down, voice soft, and put in the … Continue reading progress
Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands what even is a unique piece of work? everything is a result of past experience and input uniqueness then is putting something together from your own specific chain of events, authentically (give thanks and steal boldly)
