Claudiu
@claudiu
A sparking curious mind
Claudiu
@claudiu
A sparking curious mind
“Labour is blossoming or dancing where
The body is not bruised to pleasure soul,
Nor beauty born out of its own despair,
Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.
O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
William Butler Yeats
Imagine studying something that nobody else is studying, for reasons you can’t really articulate, without knowing what the outcome of your work will be. For the truly obsessed person, the need for validation isn’t about ego; it’s about sanity. You want to know there’s some meaning behind the dizzying mental labyrinth that you simultaneously can’t
... See moreIn one of the best Seinfeld standup bits, he points out how we all think the next thing is going to be better. At work, we look forward to the gym. At the gym, we can’t wait to be home. At home, after working all week, we want to go out. Out, it’s late—we’ve got to get back. We’ve got to get up early. Up early, we’ve got to catch a flight. At the
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