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
reward good art
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
tangents
passing but never touching like drops running down a windshield tangents
thinking spots
Walking around Kodi lake, eating mountain passionfruit Founders Garden UGA Rest intervals during rowing After a YouTube video ends (Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, Bill Gates, poetry videos by ilneas) The roof of The Flats Watching the waves at a beach under the shade of an umbrella The glowing amber embers of a dying campfire, after … Continue reading thinking spots
so
world feels off right now so we drink wine and imagine the world we want to create
on applause
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
progress
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
on originality
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)
on continuity & development
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy We are not continuous The perceived continuity between our present and past versions self is a burden we do not need to carry It is an illusion Be always on the edge, as the critical point in a chemical reaction "You've changed" "Yes" You do not owe rationale to anyone Not even … Continue reading on continuity & development
knives & notes
Cooking is music, really Ingredients are notes on the staff, recipes are chords, and the plate is silence Symphonies on the tongue of life and spice Respect the ingredients and understand them, there's history there Written in love