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ganesha
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The Internet is paradigmatic magic. It turns experiences from the material world that used to be densely physical… involving licking stamps, say, or winding clocks or driving in cars to shopping centers–into frictionless, weightless, and fantastic abstractions.
Websites are the most expressive medium I know, but they’re used today in such a tiny narrow way.
The thing is, they could be like digital paper: back-of-napkin notes, moodboards, journaling, letters, toy apps, lists, sprawling canvases.
The thing is, they could be like digital paper: back-of-napkin notes, moodboards, journaling, letters, toy apps, lists, sprawling canvases.
We live in an era where personal style is increasingly indistinguishable from brand strategy. The aesthetic codes that once belonged to subcultures, regions, or craftspeople have been flattened into algorithms—optimized for compatibility, trend velocity, and frictionless aspiration. When everything looks good, originality becomes the only risk... See more
Good Taste is Making You Boring
This is, I think, at the root of why I like reading private notes so much. There are so few places where we get to be close to other people and see the messy humanity they carry behind the identities they have polished for society life. There are so few places where we can apprentice ourselves to the unspeakable labors of thinking and feeling that... See more
Henrik Karlsson • On the pleasure of reading private notebooks
Testing ideas by experiment is essential — what else are you going to rely on, authority figures? But what kind of ideas are tested by experiment? Science can’t answer normative ideas, like “how should I raise my child?” or “what kind of hat is best?” It also can’t answer semantic ideas like “is a hot dog a sandwich?”
room-for-leftovers | Are.na
use anything but bookmark
we went to nice cafe near the village this afternoon.
i saw a little kid holding a bundle of leaves in his right hand. he was full of joy, probably from holding his little treasure.
i was looking at him with a warm joyful feeling on my chest. isn’t it beautiful how a child is capable of being happy from small - but not really small things?
they are
... See moreThere is nothing more delightful than when something you’re working on WORKS. That thrilling, awesome moment of “Yes!” is so fulfilling.
Amy Van Aarlesubstack.comWhat loosens when you assume your role is to discover more so than it is to invent?