Alan
@arehrlich
Alan
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
Albert Einstein
“You come to nature with all your theories, and she knocks them all flat.”
Renoir
Renoir
“A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all.”
Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”
Chinese Proverb
Chinese Proverb
From My Battle Call by Valli Gideons
Things I want people know about my children's hearing loss:
👂They are typical kids, who don't hear typically.
🤫If you speak in a quiet voice, they probably will not hear you. If you talk from across the room or with your back turned, they will miss most or all of what you say.
🔊When they are in a place with backg
"You are not a product of your circumstances, you are a product of your decisions."
The anterior cingulate cortex, which processes uncertainty in both anxious and curious states, shifts from threat-detection mode to exploration mode. The prefrontal cortex, instead of ruminating on potential failures, begins generating possibilities.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity
If you’re a creative person who struggles with perfectionism, you’ve likely experienced this paralyzing cycle. But the good news is that very same anxious energy actually contains the raw material for creative momentum. The key lies in learning to flip a switch in your brain, transforming anxiety into its close cousin: curiosity.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen