sparks

The self is not something you can set out looking for; it reveals itself gradually through the choices you make.
We must cease to concern ourselves with our unique suffering – whether we are happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, good or bad – and give up our neurotic and debilitating journeys of self-discovery. Art of true value requires, like a... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Two Kinds of Introspection
you don’t need to know who you are to become an artist. art molds us into the shape it wants us to be and the thing that serves it best.
Today, I can barely tell anyone apart. Many of the Substacks I follow use these big, figurative words that don’t really make sense in an attempt to go viral, which on this platform means getting subscribers and notes and comments. It’s like there’s this internet language that “works” for engagement (literal language, but also sense of style, and a... See more
Emily Sundberg • The Machine in the Garden. - By Emily Sundberg - Feed Me
everyone is boring
Undivided focus and your precious human time are among the most scarce and meaningful gifts you can give others in the AI era. Especially asalgorithms becoming more sophisticated in competing for our attention, giving your time to a human will be a gift. I expect our culture to crave the exchange of undivided attention. Showing your hands during a... See more
The Great Unlock of Your Time & How the Sway of Brand is Changing
Thoughts are the greatest vehicle to change power and success in the world. Everything begins with thoughts.
- Oprah
This isn’t really anything novel. But in our hyper-digital age, how information is framed often matters more than the substance of that information itself.
Studio Ghibli AI, Classified Leaks, and the Context Shift
this is amazing and applies to helping someone learn anything.
I hope the sense of struggling, rather than knowing, is palpable here.
Rayne Fisher-Quann • the ends of empathy
love the honesty here - it’s not write what you know, it’s write to understand what you don’t know
The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.