Cyrus Chen
- someone who has low self-esteem is really a narcissist in disguise, because both share the obsession with the self, no matter if it’s awesome or awful.
from What does your stupid art even do for the world? by Alex Dobrenko`
“A neighbourhood is not only an association of buildings but also a network of social relationships, an environment where the feelings and the sympathy can flourish.” -
Jane Jacobsfrom idle gaze 002: Community thrives through bustling neighbourhoods and casual chatter. by Alexi Gunner
also think we need to learn to enjoy locality. Culture emerges from the connections between people, and I believe these are always strongest in person. Face-to-face cultural engagement is necessarily participatory, online cultural engagement rarely is. Nearly all of my most fulfilling and exciting experiences, those that have made me feel part of a
... See morefrom Q̾u̾i̾c̾k̾ ̾F̾i̾r̾e̾: Creation Anxiety by MØRNING
Brave New World founded my nascent moral philosophy and became the subject of my college admissions essay,
from When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi