Is This Real Life?
I continue to find immense inspiration in Nick Cave's wisdom, compassion and, of course, his art. His words are so precise and never cease to conjure emotion and introspection.
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When it's worry time in our house we have a script. I say, I'm going to share a worry with you. And then CW listens and says, I acknowledge your worry and understand how it is making you feel. And then we go to sleep and wake up and get back to work.
worry train. tripod light.
I love getting emails from Che-Wei + Taylor. Their objects are so lovely, but even more lovely is the humanity and vulnerability in their emails.
Abraham Maslow knows what’s up.
If I was ever going to retire, I certainly wouldn’t tell anybody about it. You just wouldn’t hear from me again. It’s like saying, “I’m not going over to your house tonight.” And you go, “Well, you weren’t invited.” And I say, “I know, but I’m not coming over.”
Brent Lang • Paul Thomas Anderson on ‘Licorice Pizza’ and Moviemaking: ‘Anyone Who’s Done This Knows That Confidence Is an Illusion’
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Addresses the 2025 LMU Undergraduate Commencement
youtu.beQuestlove is a treasure to humanity.
" Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. "
Howard Thurman
Thomas Klaffke • Aliveness: Reframing Productivity
Lists like this sure make me feel like an inferior slacker. Great read though!