Agalia Tan
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Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
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Sometimes all we need is a warm body that is willing to be extra warm
Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II
craft circles
Jesse Meadows • Why Fast Minds Love Slow Crafts
The embodied cognition researcher and ceramics artist Camilla Groth calls this ‘making sense through the hands.’
Making, for Groth, is ‘a form of thinking through actions, tools, things, and materials.’1 Lambros Malafouris, an archeologist who studies how materials affect the mind, has a sillier name for this — he calls it ‘thinging’:
Making, for Groth, is ‘a form of thinking through actions, tools, things, and materials.’1 Lambros Malafouris, an archeologist who studies how materials affect the mind, has a sillier name for this — he calls it ‘thinging’:
“Cognition and... See more
Jesse Meadows • Why Fast Minds Love Slow Crafts
There’s this passage from the memoirs of the composer Philip Glass, which I think can shed some light on why art—good art—can bring us into a closer connection with ourselves. Glass writes that when he composes music for films,
I don’t spend a lot of time looking at the image. I look at it once. Maybe twice, but not more than twice. Then I depend on... See more
Things that connect us to ourselves, and things that don't
The business card is dead, the traditional office is dying, and base camps for wellness influencers and dating podcasters may be on the rise.
After all, these so-called creators are full-time workers in a professionalized industry, hustling for ad deals and event appearances but often without a place to do it beyond... See more
nymaginstagram.com“The business card is dead.”
It’s the spaces you inhabit that dictates your network. How we curate spaces will also draw in a specific crowd. These principles aren’t new, just increasingly prominent now.
"Don't ignore the problem, but keep it light. Take action with a smile. Adding tension won't solve your troubles faster.
Even when the problem is hard, it doesn't need to harden you. Unknot yourself. Body loose, head clear, and then take the first step.
Be happy in the doing."
Even when the problem is hard, it doesn't need to harden you. Unknot yourself. Body loose, head clear, and then take the first step.
Be happy in the doing."