Pisces
A celebration of imagination, unity, and surrender—where dreams, art, and intuition flow together, dissolving boundaries and revealing the divine in everything.
Pisces
"I used to get yelled at for being a daydreamer. I can't help it. Now I feel like that's a superpower."
-Albert Bramante
“If you already know what’s going to come—whether it's positive or negative—you want to figure out your approach now so you can be prepared by the time you get there.”
-Cynthia Garcia
I feel like there’s a very thin veil between my conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind. I have a lot of communication with different parts of myself that want to share information with me. A lot of that, as I said earlier, comes through my body. I’ll notice myself make a gesture and think, “Oh—hi.”
-Alexandra Beller, ILA Radio, episode 39.
I’m not someone who makes a three-year, five-year, or ten-year plan. I don’t pick a goal and then chase it. I just follow the twists and turns that come to me.
And the reason I say I don’t practice the “everything happens for a reason” idea is that it feels a little topographic—like some divine force is placing things in your path for you to pick
... See moreMany polymaths over the years have been interested in the question of the unification of knowledge.
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974), another of Burke’s polymaths, wrote:
“All that I have written, though it seemed to me so different from year to year, turns to the same center: the uniqueness of man that grows out of his struggle (and his gift) to
... See more“You have to have a conscious within yourself to say,
You know, if I don't like what I'm doing right now. How can I change that within myself?
It has to come from within.
So we shouldn't rail too much at others for asking us to do certain things. They're just trying to fulfill a business need.
We have to look at ourselves and say, how can we change
... See morePolymaths are at their best, according to Burke, “viewing the big picture and pointing out connections that specialists had missed.”
Epstein, Joseph. “A Gallery of Know-It-Alls: Those Strange Creatures Called Polymaths.” Commentary 151, no. 4 (April 2021): 33–36.
On Reflective Knowing:
“Sometimes we need to take a step back, assess, figure out what’s important to us, and prioritize it.”
“Balance is never going to be perfect. We’re always going to have overwhelmed moments. We just have to recognize them and recalibrate.”
... See more“We’re allowed to have mess-ups and things that don’t go our way. We accept it and continue
Why would anyone wish to be a polymath?
Wide and relentless curiosity is one answer. [gemini]
Intellectual competitiveness and snobbery might be another. [aries]
A third, grander reason has been the strong impulse to discover the unity, if such unity exists, of all knowledge. [pisces]
Epstein, Joseph. “A Gallery of Know-It-Alls: Those Strange