Authenticity

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

Keely Adler and

I'd either drive people away or they'd come in closer to see what it was all about. There was no in between.

-Bob Dylan

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Adriano Has A Story to Tell | By Adriano

Adriano Leite Ribeiro theplayerstribune.com

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Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself

Carmen • Tweet

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The people I admire most live in total alignment. They know who they are, what they want, and what they value. Their mission is clear and so are their priorities. And so, they live uncompromisingly. Family, friends, work, health and spirituality coexist as a single unified whole.

David Perell x.com

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That’s my big learning of the year: understanding the way someone’s interior life translates to what they make. When I first started writing this Substack, I was possessed by the sense that I had to figure out “how to do it.” Which other Substacks do I like, which other Substacks are popular, what do they write about, how do they make it work. It’s... See more

Ava • What We Talk About When We Talk About Taste

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

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

Keely Adler

Authentic contrarians vs consensus contrarians

Leon Lin avoidboringpeople.substack.com

sari

“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

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