Alex Dobrenko

3. “Every work of art is a synecdoche, there’s no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can’t think of an exception.”

–Charlie Kaufman

Like its frequent bedfellow depression, anxiety can strangle both a creative impulse and a person on a fundamental level.

Any skill or attribute you claim makes you unique—”I’m really funny”, “I’m good at shining shoes”, “I’m an attentive lover”—you can always find someone else better than you on that dimension. They’re funnier, fitter, richer, sexier, smarter, or better at shining shoes than you are. We can’t help but desperately compete in this unwinnable game of... See more

"Sadness will not kill you. Depression won’t, either. But fighting it will. Ignoring it will."

— Brianna Wiest

The end result of all the publications dying is that we get a pure form of anarcho-capitalist media—everyone out for themselves, with the most successful and savvy and cut-throat rising to the top.

Scientific ideas, especially the truly innovative ones, are like seeds: they need fertile ground and tender care in order to grow to their true potential.

Seeds of Science (ISSN: 2768-1254) is an open access journal (free to read, free to publish) dedicated to nurturing promising ideas and helping them blossom into scientific innovation. Peer... See more