Piper French
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Piper French
“Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.”
Frank Ostaseski • The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
I wanted to show the ins and outs, and the unglamorous underbelly of this life. I have made it, I've done well, I continue to do well, and it's OK to say that. But it takes a lot of discipline, a lot of hard work, and luck, and I wanted to show that part of it too—in order to tell people that this is possible.
Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You
“إذا كانت نيتك ‘لا أبرح حتى أبلغ’ فلا بُد أن ‘تصبر على ما لم تُحِط به خبرًا’”
If your intention is, ‘I will not give up until I reach,’ then you must ‘be patient with what you cannot comprehend .’
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But it isn't just about the convenience of accessing information. There's a whole mental process here that's being erased. And what that's doing to kids and how it's changing their brains... well, I can't help but wonder.
The lost art of wondering — Stacey Durnin
I always think of ‘inspiration’ as an amateur word. Inspiration is being propelled to do something, or to think something, or to go somewhere, by some sort of external stimulus. And that to me is undependable.
But purpose—purpose is a white-hot fire inside of you, a self-delusion that keeps you coming back into the room to work decade after decade,... See more
But purpose—purpose is a white-hot fire inside of you, a self-delusion that keeps you coming back into the room to work decade after decade,... See more
Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You
How I overcame a fear of making mistakes.
I spent a period of time where my goal was to plow through work in the cheapest and most disposable way possible. My choice was cardboard—sheets of corrugated cardboard from the streets of Manhattan.
I’d haul it up to my studio in big bundles every day, and put it all over the walls, the floor—even on the... See more
I spent a period of time where my goal was to plow through work in the cheapest and most disposable way possible. My choice was cardboard—sheets of corrugated cardboard from the streets of Manhattan.
I’d haul it up to my studio in big bundles every day, and put it all over the walls, the floor—even on the... See more
Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You
Being received can be the most fragile gate, because it’s the one you cannot fully control. Does the listener have the patience, the emotional room, the courage to take in what you’re offering? Listening is an act of devotion, yet no one teaches us how to do it. Many of us fumble by rushing to fix, rerouting to ourselves, averting our gaze from the... See more
attention is love
The Difficulty of Communication
Substack essay by Velvet Noise - attention is love
a question came up, as they are prone to do. Neither of us knew the answer, and as naturally as breathing, she pulled out her phone and found out in less than 30 seconds. Our conversation resumed as usual, and that portion of it was resolved and wrapped up with a bow.
The lost art of wondering — Stacey Durnin
“everyone wants to be a DJ and no one wants to dance” has political implications that are worth mentioning. in general, we are taught to value authority over community