aron
@aronshelton
Designing and navigating various contextual arrangements with an enigmatic sense of hope. #wayfinder
aron
“Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities.”
The Post-Individual
Love this from Yancey Strickler:
An artist is a self-employed self-expressor.
A creator is a self-employed commercial expressor.
As Anaïs Nin wrote, “When we go deeply into the personal, we go beyond the personal. We achieve something that is collective.”
Suleika Jaouad • The Book of Alchemy
What are the words you do not have yet? [Or, “for what do you not have words, yet?”]
What do you need to say? [List as many things as necessary]
“What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?” [List as many as necessary today. Then write a new list tomorrow. And
a galaxy of contradictions wrapped in skin and story
The most iconic brands and creators that will be created over the next 10 years won’t be cookie-cutter, they’ll be community-based. The result will be more unique experiences.
Greg Isenberg • The Fast-Foodification of Everything
The Ecstasy of Influence, by Jonathan Lethem
harpers.org
Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.