Life lessons
How to live.
Life lessons
6. One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being able to hear an opinion you disagree with and not act emotionally
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” -Jack Kornfield
Zhang’s work was never about the hustle culture which envelopes and consumes us, just like the swallowing trees of Moradoom do. His routine is a beautiful poem, pithy with a clear message - Consistency over Flashes of Brilliance. Repeatability over Spontaneous Genius.
Routines are amazing in one single way - They take away the need to make decisions. Decisions about mundane things, which need to be made in a short amount of time. Our dopamine hungry, stress addled brains are being asked to do too much, too often. A carefully crafted routine will free up both physical time and mental space to allow for our... See more
And it dawned on me that I might have to change my inner thought patterns… that I would have to start believing in possibilities that I wouldn’t have allowed before, that I had been closing my creativity down to a very narrow, controllable scale… that things had become too familiar and I might have to disorient myself.
-Bob Dylan
I once had a conversation with filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan during a tough time when I was struggling to make sense of life and work. He said something that stayed with me: “Whatever you're trying to do, do it fast because passion doesn’t last long. It deteriorates with age.”
It was a sane and absolutely true piece of advice. At the same time scary too.... See more
It was a sane and absolutely true piece of advice. At the same time scary too.... See more
There is no finish line. There is no winning, no losing.
Everything is a Practice.
A practice is the disciplined repetition of what you know with enough experimentation in that repetition to unlock those things you don’t yet know. It is ever-accumulating, and never-ending. It is sometimes painful, but that is the way.
Individual projects may come to... See more
Everything is a Practice.
A practice is the disciplined repetition of what you know with enough experimentation in that repetition to unlock those things you don’t yet know. It is ever-accumulating, and never-ending. It is sometimes painful, but that is the way.
Individual projects may come to... See more