The world is your thought garden
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the o... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
Five things on being astonished:
“It is an astonishment to be alive, and it behoves you to be astonished.” — Katherine Rundell, paraphrasing poet John Donne
“If you attend thoughtfully to what you already have, you need nothing more. It’s all here.” — Claire Messud
“Let me / keep my mind on what matters, / which is my work, / which is mostly standing
... See moreIf you wanna see beauty, you gotta go where the beauty resides.
Take a second look at the butterfly you pass on the sidewalk. Pause to notice the polka dot pattern on its body. Live in slow motion. Put yourself in an environment to discover the beauty. You won’t find butterflies in houses or restaurants. If you wanna see beauty, you gotta go where t
... See moreSomething strange and wondrous begins to happen when one spends stretches of time in solitude, in the company of trees, far from the bustle of the human world with its echo chamber of judgments and opinions — a kind of rerooting in one’s deepest self-knowledge, a relearning of how to simply be oneself, one’s most authentic self. Wendell Berry knew ... See more
Maria Popova • Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
Violin’s are cool
Nature isn’t just a place to be; it’s a place to think.
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