Authenticity
What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?
Keely Adler and
Authenticity
Pretty much everything in life is like this: there are some ways you can show up that just feel better. And when you show up for the truest and most beautiful version of your life that you can imagine, you feel excited and alive.
Ava • Not Disappointing Myself
“[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.
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Brian Eno on why we’re drawn to the new and authentic
“People think you want them to do something or say something special...you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.”
-John Lennon
All unsuccessful startups are alike; each successful startup is successful in its own way.
Matt Rickard • The Contrarian Strategy of OpenAI
via Daisy Alioto
A big breakthrough for me – life as a whole – came when I figured out that making solid progress on creative work, and enjoying the process rather than hating it, is in large part a matter of being willing to be who you actually are.