concept: a universe for urself
What is a World?
We could say a World is something like a gated garden. A World has borders. A World has laws. A World has values. A World has dysfunction. A World can grow up. A World has members who live in it. A World gives its members permission to act differently than outside of it. A World incentivizes its members to keep it alive, often with ... See more
We could say a World is something like a gated garden. A World has borders. A World has laws. A World has values. A World has dysfunction. A World can grow up. A World has members who live in it. A World gives its members permission to act differently than outside of it. A World incentivizes its members to keep it alive, often with ... See more
Ian Cheng • Worlding Raga: 2 – What is a World?
“Of course it’s happening inside your head, Harry, but why should that mean it’s not real?”
r/harrypotter - Reddit
Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” Ruha Benjamin, Professor, Princeton University
Tiny Worlds: A Manifesto for Sovereign Creators—Attract, Build & Curate an Audience of True Fans
André Chaperonandrechaperon.combuild a world, not an audience — kening zhu
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For those of us struggling and aching to say something different, to be distinctly our own, to reject the stifling rationality of the world around us in favor of the symbolic, the creative, and the divine, creating a world is our path.
Yancey Strickler • Worldbuilding is creative resilience
Worldbuilding, for me, was a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive.