Elena

“I always say ‘beginnings are easy, endings are hard’. Beginnings get easier and easier [because] there's so much technological assistance [and] so many ways of getting something started like rhythm machines and chord pattern makers.

There are a lot of ways of getting something pretty respectable going quite early on. To quote Picasso, ‘there's... See more

the thing is, as an adult, you get to make your own cool. you get to choose your own friends, live your own life. and let me tell you, in my life, where i make the rules, i am the coolest cat around.

being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.

thinking of projects and then... See more

We have a tendency to think of earth as a closed system. it is not. we do not live in a sealed spacecraft, isolated from the environment in a convenient bubble of air. we travel rapidly through space and time with our windows open, constantly exposed to the complex ecology of the galaxy and all it contains. we are windblown. and, while one of the... See more