on writing
6. One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being able to hear an opinion you disagree with and not act emotionally
Intelligence
if you take [jelly fish] out of the water their entire form disappears, like when an unspeakable truth is lifted up out of the silence and expressed as lifeless gel, yes, they’re untranslatable, they must stay in their own element.
— Tomas Tranströmer, Baltics
— Tomas Tranströmer, Baltics
But as I spent the holidays reflecting on this “Robin-to-your-Batman” mindset, I found myself facing a grimier, more menacing realization around why powering their agency has felt so much safer and easier than cultivating and motivating my own.
As I ate leftover Persian food on my mom’s antique couch in LA, listening to her 3 dogs shriek and bark in... See more
As I ate leftover Persian food on my mom’s antique couch in LA, listening to her 3 dogs shriek and bark in... See more
Robin theory of ambition
@Esha Rana asked me how I come up with metaphors. It’s like this:
I think in about half of the cases, metaphor is just how my mind works. I see the world in terms of relationships - how each things is connected to everything else. My mind is a lot more like this than normal people. Metaphors happen when my mind moves... See more
Henrik Karlssonsubstack.comMetaphor