favourite questions
what questions guide your life?
favourite questions
When you find something that resonates, its use is not always immediately apparent. A line in a song might be the seed for your next coding project or inspire the title for the book you’re writing. It can be difficult to predict how something that resonates today might be useful in the future.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Asking:
is the guide to deciding how far to take particular techniques or studies, and which to take up next.
What do I need to do, or to understand, to live with greater gusto and wider vision?
is the guide to deciding how far to take particular techniques or studies, and which to take up next.
The power of an attitude | Vividness
“Everything I do is just personal taste and it’s what [my book The Creative Act] is about. Really, for [people and artists] to trust in themselves. Make something that speaks to themselves. And hopefully someone else will like it. But you can’t second-guess your own taste for what someone else is going to like. It won’t be good. We’re not smart... See more
Write For Yourself
How do I get comfortable with discomfort? How do I coax my risk averse nature to take a leap of faith?
learn when to let go of the project
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
how can I be less calculative with my work?
I shoudl do this because it will get me this or help me with that?
How can i just make something just because I want to? and then figure out if and how it fits into the world?
moments of silence, vaccum, being idle - in this overstimulated world
how can i remain connected with my family? as my life becomes larger, how can I remain rooted and anchored in spaces and people that have nurtured me (and continue doing so) for the first twenty years of my life?