Philosophy
Brian Sholis and
Philosophy
Brian Sholis and
“Every journey is a question of sorts, and the best journeys are the ones in which every question opens into deeper and more searching questions.”
— Pico Iyer, The Pilgrim’s Way on Waking Up
The man we call an adventurer...is one who remains indifferent to the content, that is, to the human meaning of his action, who thinks he can assert his own existence without taking into account that of others. The fate of Italy mattered very little to the Italian condottiere; the massacres of the Indians meant nothing to Pizarro; Don Juan was... See more
Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity



Wu Wei
The art of effortless action.
Being at peace while engaged in the most frenetic tasks so that one can carry these out with maximum skill and efficiency.
Being ‘in the zone’ – at one with what we are doing, in a state of profound concentration and flow.