a library of thoughts
essays , short stories, and research
a library of thoughts
a thesis around plays + theatre in a digital world
plays are one of the last forms of media that resist digitization -- not by accident, but by design. a play doesn’t scale. it doesn’t go viral (well, not the real thing. the idea of a play can spread. its songs, its brand, its aesthetics. but the core experience - the... See more
aishwarya 🌱🦋x.comYancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big -
Slowness in the grief.
The more money you make, the less likely you are to place ‘being a parent’ at the center of your identity. Part of this probably has to do with the fact that middle and upper-income people are more likely to understand their identity as their job, but even that doesn’t fully explain this stat. Instead, I’d argue that bourgeois parents are more
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • The Anxious Style of American Parenting
Well this is a good concept
For example, good writing elicits genuine emotional and intellectual investment from the reader, and avoids predictable patterns and cliches.
Dan Shipper • Vibe Check: Claude 4 Opus
I’m not interested in empire or wealth, I’m interested in paying my bills and spending every minute of my time on labor that brings me delight. I may never change the world, but my company makes my world—and the world of my customers—that much richer and more beautiful.
In Defense of Starting a Bad Business
brings me delight
I used to think consistency meant never missing a day.
But in reality, it means bouncing back quickly.
Consistency isn’t perfection, it’s recovery speed.
Jai Srinivassubstack.comI like this concept to further explore
who am I outside of my problems? riddle me that. living in crisis forms you in such a way that it is safer than the unknown….but crisis is no longer my resting place. of course I still have problems. just cried on Monday due to grief, stress, overwork…you name it. being a Black man in America will do that quite nicely.
I'm starting to think I enjoy the idea of crisis a bit much, my resting place might be panic