manifestory

on writing new stories of life into being

All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. Without them, our lives get made up for us by other people.

Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books

The only thing you can do is be a living proof.

Maria Made in Cosmos • Tweet

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

David Mitchell

“But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.”

-Haruki Murakami

Poetic Outlaws • Tweet

We’re in a weird era for startups where perception has become the moat. Raise early, get labeled a “category leader,” and that perception attracts capital, customers, and talent until it’s no longer perception. The irony is many kings were crowned long before they’d earned it.

Hadley x.com

for too long, brands have been afraid of the word "should." they were afraid to be wrong or to alienate segments of the market. more and more, i think the next wave of great brands will be prescriptive. they'll tell you what you *should* believe. they'll paint a vivid vision of the future and position themselves as the... See more

jihad x.com

one thing that is truly lifechanging is seeing precisely how haters, hecklers, etc are part of the theatre production. they are a part of the show

Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet

The product is the wrapper around the story.

anu x.com

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky