On interesting
Cultivating a point of view, finding ideas, understanding what Interesting is.
On interesting
"Take a walk at night. Walk so slowly that the bottoms of your feet become ears." Alexandra Horowitz via Russell Davies.
That’s the real point of my little brown book…that it makes me read —with a pen—following the scent…
Virginia Woolf
People often ask me how I got the courage to put my work into the world.
I’m not sure I have any courage, but I do have rage .
This may come as a surprise to readers of my books, who tell me they’re rather helpful and upbeat. (Not words my friends and family might necessarily use to describe me!)
My secret is: the books are positive because I take a... See more
I’m not sure I have any courage, but I do have rage .
This may come as a surprise to readers of my books, who tell me they’re rather helpful and upbeat. (Not words my friends and family might necessarily use to describe me!)
My secret is: the books are positive because I take a... See more
Austin Kleon • What to do with your feelings - Austin Kleon
“What we pay attention to grows.”
Grace Lee Boggs via adrienne maree brown
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to
... See more“Why do you never find anything written about that idiosyncratic thought you advert to, about your fascination with something no one else understands? Because it is up to you. There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain. It is hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin. You were made and
... See more“It all comes back,” Didion says, and I agree. In fact, it’s all already here. Take note, literally take note. Notice. Say yes to the tickle in your brain that went ‘whoa.’
— Alex Dobrenko
The British sociologist Marilyn Strathern ... taught me that “it matters what ideas we use to think other ideas (with).” ... It matters what matters we use to think other matters with; it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots; what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions,... See more
Mandy Brown • The case for rereading
Donna Haraway - Staying with the Trouble via Mandy Brown
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of
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