Authenticity

What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?

The Disbeliever's Guide to Authenticity

“It seems to me,” the puppeteer Jim Henson (The Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, etc.) said, “that each of us expressing our own originality is the essence of our art and professionalism.” Don’t hide it. Embrace it. Express it. Manifest it through your discipline. Say it out loud

andrea

instead of asking: how can i be more like them? ask: how can i be more like me? how many versions of me do i occupy? where do they live? how do they grow? what will they bloom into? what rituals do they practice? how do they... See more

alex

why are you, someone with a story to tell, not expressing yourself courageously and authentically everywhere you go and attracting the exact people, conversations, and opportunities that are most aligned with your deepest and truest self?

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andrea

Our love of authenticity rises as all the world became a stage

Rohit Krishnan strangeloopcanon.com

sari

llili

Funeral inspo. But also life inspiration. Hold space for inconveniences. Show up raw. Give space to the ugly versions of you so they can live and die.

The original poem this piece is built on is called ‘Tract’ - written by William Carlos William (whose work was a muse for the film Paterson).

Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . It’s in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think it’s crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, you’re... See more

Dan Shipper • How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner

aandrea

the path to excellence is aligning what you do with who you are. Lean in, or better still, dive in, headfirst. The first step is to look inward and think deeply about who you are and what you’re made to do.

Tourist trappings: why we all love a tacky souvenir fridge magnet

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amelia-tait theguardian.com

Keely Adler

“[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tune…which is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished things that we all actually like in the right context.

The reason we like the Velvet Underground is not for their gloss. It's for their roughness. For the feeling we... See more

aandrea

Brian Eno on why we’re drawn to the new and authentic