building a better garden
How do we spot ‘glimmers’ of the futures we all dream of? What forms of knowledge, and whose voices do we need to be attuned to, to ensure we are seeing these possibilities for what they are?
JRF • Emerging Futures: An Update
Deliberately exposing the connections and associations can act as a catalyst for this ‘new kind of power’. And when we look back to answer the question, ‘how does one become who one is?’, we can be liberated from the limitations of isolated representations. Let the in-betweens, associations, and the whole web of complexity and connections do the
... See moreIda Josefiina • What We See and What We Know
The issue with even this “trend” is that so much of cultural critique today remains observational.
Problematic considering the tiny narrative bubbles we’re each in.
Without layering any quantitative analysis into our stories, fads remain just reactions to reactions. Emptiness.
Liked Tweetstwitter.com“nodal points,” the idea that important people, places, ideas, references etc. have shaped the direction of my life and how I see myself
New York • An Interview With Emily Segal
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play.
Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
Henrik Karlssonhenrikkarlsson.xyz
The context opens a spectator’s mind to discover the complexity behind what she is seeing. In the end, the “thing-in-itself” is rarely what is most significant. Rather, it’s the connections and the in-betweens that make it all tangible.