Cosmic Harmony
Feel the rhythms of the universe; Do not fight the current.
Cosmic Harmony
this is the bortle scale. it's used to measure how dark the night sky is in a given place. until relatively recently in human history i imagine every human being who ever lived could see a bortle 1 sky every night of their lives, weather permitting. i personally have never seen darker than bortle 4 in my entire life, and that only happened once.
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The lack of density in most of the Western United States is made up for by the vibrance of the night sky. It's hard to appreciate the beauty hiding in the darkness until you're truly away from the lights.
People who live in large cities have larger egos because at night they can't see the stars
David Lynch: “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.”
Roger's Bacon • Ideas Are Alive and You Are Dead
Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you. You never know where you might end up. Just be aware that the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out of the cor... See more
Learn Daily with Shuen • 9 life lessons from Tim Minchin
a guy on tiktok just rocked my world a bit?
he was saying how many people label themselves ‘self-aware’ when what they actually are is just addicted to shame. for all the things they can list that they suck at and need to work on, you ask them what they’re good at and……..
You can make a habit of many things. Might as well make a habit of reflecting on your strengths
I read a David Lynch book about meditation when I was like 16, and I didn’t realize how influential it was until I got older and started to realize that I was doing the technique he talks about automatically. It was called Catching the Big Fish or something, but the idea is, you close your eyes and let all the ideas go through your head. You don’t ... See more
The Creative Independent • On navigating the tension between physical and digital realms
Most people understand that a forest "doesn't exist" in the sense that humans made up that word (the trees exist in a concrete way that the "forest" does not. Same with a "lake" vs water etc)
It just occurred to me that "a person" is more like a forest than a tree
Meta on self and agency
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never t
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